Thanks to the contributions of individuals, businesses and civic groups, Shrewsbury Public Library patrons were able to enjoy a full season of Sunday hours from Oct. 7 to May 18.

Twenty-one donors provided more than $14,000 in sponsorships to assure library service from 1 to 5 p.m., each

Sponsors included: Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union sponsoring four Sundays, Rotary Club of Shrewsbury, Central One Federal Credit Union, Shrewsbury Lions Club and H. Alan Daniels Insurance Agency each sponsoring two Sundays; sponsoring single Sundays, Shrewsbury Firefighters' Association, Ruth and Philip Heywood, Jeffrey and Priscilla Billingham, Welcome Wagon Club of Shrewsbury, Polito Development Corp., Gerald Isaacson, Drs. Mona and Mohan Korgaonkar, WLAF Consulting Solutions Inc., Brian Smith/Spectros Associates, Zuromskis & Whitney Associates Real Estate, David and Johanna Musselman, department heads of the town of Shrewsbury, Yu-Bin Liang and Wei Kong Yeoh, Huntington Learning Center, as well as three anonymous donors.

Sponsorships for 2009 can be booked by contacting library Director Ellen Dolan at the Shrewsbury Public library at (508) 841-8537, or edolan@th.ci.shrewsbury.ma.su.

Newly appointed Fire Chief Robert Gaucher was sworn into office on June 2, in the selectmen's meeting room.

The Scholarship Committee at the Italian American Victory Club (IAVC) will award $500 individual scholarships to twin sisters, Nicola D'Ericco and Gianna D'Ericco, who both graduated from Shrewsbury High School (SHS) and are planning to attend the College of St. Rose, in Albany, N.Y., in the fall; Kaitlyn McGinnis, who graduated from SHS and is planning to attend UMass Amherst in the fall; and Ashley O'Neil, who graduated from Spoto High School, in Riverview, Fla., and is planning to attend the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Fla., in the fall. There will be a dessert reception held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, at the IAVC, 26 Dewey Road, for the recipients and guests.

James Conners and James Diterlizzi, both of Shrewsbury, recently graduated from UMass Lowell.

The Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre will host its first Worcester Irish Music Festival on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15, at 19 Temple St., Worcester.

The festival, which is co-chaired by Paul Foley of Shrewsbury, with assistance by committee members Ann Hester of Westboro and Richard McLaughlin of Northboro, will include all genres of Irish music, several musical headliners, Irish step dancers, a traditional Irish Seisiun, and the first "Boiled Cabbage O'Lympics."

Tickets, which are available on the festival's Web site at www.WorcesterIrishMusicFestival.com, or by calling (508) 792-3700, are $10 for one day ($12 at the door), $15 for a weekend pass, and children under 12 are free.

The Patrick administration announced on June 4 that the state has reached a tentative settlement agreement in the Hutchinson case, building critical community service capacity for individuals with an acquired brain injury.

The Hutchinson case was filed in early 2007 by five individuals and the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, in Westboro, on behalf of all persons who acquired brain injuries after the age of 22 and were living in nursing facilities or were at risk of entering nursing facilities. The suit claimed the state did not provide adequate community care alternatives so that individuals with acquired brain injuries could live in the community.

Under the settlement, the state will create a new home and community-based services program to be managed by the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission. As part of this initiative and within three years following federal approval, the state will offer community residential and nonresidential services for up to 300 persons with acquired brain injuries who are in nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.

Robbin Miller of Shrewsbury, a licensed mental health care worker, appeared in the recent edition (June/July 2008) of Provider Focus, a monthly online publication, by Blue Cross of Massachusetts for health care professionals.

In the article, "Addressing Health Care Disparities among People with Disabilities," Miller talked about how health care providers need to be sensitive on the language they use when interacting with persons with disabilities.

Miller has a small, private practice in Shrewsbury.

The following Shrewsbury students were named to the honor roll at Worcester Academy for the second trimester:

Sarah Adams, grade 12, honors; Roshun Alur, grade 9, honors; Laura Austin, grade 11, honors; Chelsea Barr, grade 10, honors; Casimir Black, grade 9, honors; Stephen Black, grade 12, honors; Gina Bouchard, grade 11, honors; Carlo Cervini, grade 12, honors; John Donovan, grade 9, honors; Katherine Dunn, grade 10, honors; Meaghan Dunn, grade 10, honors; Sarah Dunn, grade 10, honors; Chandra Edwards, grade 10, honors; Benjamin Fiorillo, grade 10, headmaster's list; Rachel Gates, grade 11, headmaster's list; Alexandra Iaccarino, grade 9, headmaster's list; Hannah Iaccarino, grade 12, headmaster's list; Hyun Kim, grade 9, honors; Lauren Marculitis, grade 12, honors; Abhinav Navani, grade 12, honors; Brielynne Neumann, grade 12, honors; Elysa Neumann, grade 9, headmaster's list; Anton Orlik, grade 11, honors; Chloe Paterson, grade 9, honors; William Reich, grade 12, honors; Jason Robinson, grade 12, headmaster's list; Anthony Rofino Nadworny, grade 12, honors; Michael Serebrennikov, grade 12, honors; James Smith, grade 10, headmaster's list; Elizabeth Strzepa, grade 10, honors; Stephen Tutunjian, grade 12, honors; Kristen Young, grade 10, headmaster's list; Anita Alur, grade 7, honors; Anish Athalye, grade 7, honors; Patrick Grady, grade 7, honors; Rajyalakshmi Pyda, grade 8, honors; Divya Satishchandra, grade 7, headmaster's list; Rohit Satishchandra, grade 7, headmaster's list; Vineet Vallam, grade 8, honors; and Katie Wang, grade 7, headmaster's list.

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CUTLINE: Central Mass. Shamrocks U-10 girls' basketball team, comprised of players from Northboro, Westboro, Shrewsbury and Boylston, including (first row, from left) Sami Chan, Ciara Bowser, Caty Lazo, Alexa Tonelli, Julia Insani; and (top row, from left) coach Ron McMenemy, Emily Seiple, Nicole Federici, Emily Carens, Dorian McMenemy, Gabby Sklar, Madison Schneider and assistant coach Nancy Carens, finished in second place at the Amateur Athletic Union Massachusetts State Championship, in Foxboro, at the end of April, which earns the team a birth in the July 12 AAU National Tournament, in Orlando, Fla.