For 15 years, Bob and Cathy White have helped kids live a better life on their farm and now they need the community’s help after a fire destroyed their home.

In a classroom Sunday at the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, a four-pound red-tailed hawk named Scarlet, who had been injured in a car accident, perched atop Kim Hargrave's trembling, gloved arm.

While Poodles developed as companion pets and hunting dogs, they also developed a bit of a noisy reputation. This is ...