Manchester: From left, Will Russo, 7, Faith Costello, 5, and Sam Dellicker, 9, work on decorating the birdhouses that they put together at The Manchester Public Librbary's winter crafts hourThursday afternoon. Children could make a variety of homemade crafts to give as gifts with wrapping paper provided. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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