As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. This time around she is more prepared, with money in reserve to keep serving around 550 children at 14 Head Start sites operating in three different towns. “It’s like a gut punch to our system,” said Ferguson, who is the executive director of the Alliance for Community Empowerment.
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YOUNGSTOWN Potential Development had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday to dedicate the newly built outdoor fitness center at Potential Development High Sc