Catherine Keiper straightens out the hot cross buns for the Lenten bakery Feb. 20 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Naugatuck. Parishioners bake homemade goods as a fundraiser for the church. The bakery, at 201 Church St., is open from 12 to 4 p.m. every Friday through March 27. –LUKE MARSHALL
Fourth- and fifth-graders at St. Francis-St. Hedwig School in Naugatuck made superhero valentines as part of a community service project in celebration of Catholic Schools Week recently. The valentines will be sent to troops serving overseas. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck YMCA Youth and Government (YAG) students Kevin Bundock, Kelly and Christopher Redmond attended their first pre-state event at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Jan. 25. The event is a practice run for the delegates who will be participating in the statewide YAG event later this year. The students spent the day learning how the bill process works as they debated their bills. The teens will continue to perfect their bills and debating skills for the Connecticut YMCA Youth and Government State Conference in March. Donations are being sought for the conference. To become a sponsor or for more information, call Sherri Beck at (203) 729-9622. –CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck Mayor Robert Mezzo reads ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today?’ by Carol McCloud to the Naugatuck YMCA preschool class Feb. 20. The story focuses on the importance of being kind to others. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
Cub Scout Pack 2010 of Beacon Falls held its Pinewood Derby on Jan. 16. Scouts, from left, Caleb Shea, Nathan Messina and Zachary Renaud placed first, second and third respectively. –CONTRIBUTED
Woodland Regional High School senior Katie Drewry, center, was awarded the Connecticut Association of Public Schools Superintendents Award of Excellence on Dec 8 at the Villa Bianca in Seymour. Drewry is the daughter of Walter and Andrea Drewry of Prospect. Pictured with Drewry are Region 16 Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin, left, and Woodland Principal Kurt Ogren. –CONTRIBUTED
Richard Manzi of Waterbury makes a donation Saturday morning to the Prospect fuel bank outside of Oliver’s Supermarket in Prospect as, from left, Prospect Republican Town Committee members Scott Martin, Nazih Noujaim and Robert Hiscox look on. The committee organized the collection to benefit the town’s fuel bank and food bank. About $1,210 was raised for the fuel bank and 550 food items were collected for the food bank. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI
