Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Wrentham invites the public to its Christmas Bazaar, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be craft and jewelry tables and raffle items. Have lunch at Santa's Cafe, and purchase pastries at the bakery. All proceeds benefit the resident activity fund.

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There are many activities going on at Fiske Public Library off Randall Road.

Holiday photos Saturday, Nov. 21. Photographer Eileen Cahoon will be back again this year. Various packages are available as well as many new offerings - photo plates, key chains, necklaces, mouse pads and more. New backgrounds. Pictures will be available two weeks from sitting date. Call the library at 508-384-5440 for sign-up and for additional information.

Self Help Inc., Community Partnerships for Children is offering Learning Through Play on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. Free monthly playgroup for preschool children and their families. Fingerplays, books and a craft. Canned-good donations requested for the Wrentham Food Pantry. Sign up at the circulation desk. Evening Book Discussion Group, Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Book "Good Grief" by Lolly Winston. Books will be available at the circulation desk. Facilitator Jan Battikha.

Pottery is being exhibited in November in the Sweatt meeting room. Potters Place, a nonprofit cooperative pottery studio and school located in Walpole, is showcasing members work.

Pub has history

One of several Irish pubs in Boston owned by the Walpole businessman who plans on opening the town's first Irish pub at the Anvil Pub has quite the history. John Somers, who hopes to open the local pub/restaurant early next year, runs The Green Dragon Tavern, which dates back to 1657. Located on the Freedom Trail, it counted Paul Revere and John Hancock among its regulars. It was in this tavern the plans for the invasion of Lexington and Concord were overheard, leading to the famous ride of Paul Revere.

ConCom training

Conservation commission members William Bauser, Dianne Demarais, Leo Immonen, Barry Kassler and Christopher Yarworth have completed the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions's Fundamentals for Conservation Commissioners training course. The goal of the eight-unit course is to provide conservation commissioners and others with the basic knowledge and practical tools essential to carrying out many responsibilities, from administering the Wetlands Protection Act to open space planning and protection.

Scholarship earned

The Wrentham Citizens Alliance awarded its 2009 James F. Dolan III Memorial Scholarship to King Philip Regional High School senior Rachel Turner of Wrentham.

Turner's essay on the topic, "Do My Ideas Matter?," was selected as the best essay from among the many entries submitted by King Philip seniors.

The presentation was made at King Philip's scholarship awards ceremony. This column is compiled by staff writer Stephen Peterson. Peterson can be reached at 508-236-0377 or via e-mail at speterson@thesunchronicle.com.