Shrewsbury News

Kobi Bosunga's life reads like the American dream: After moving to Shrewsbury from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, he studied English, went to school and found a well-paid job with an engineering company.

The members of the Westboro Youth Commission welcome senior Allison Shea and juniors Kasey Packer and Rachel Bridge as youth members of the commission.

A group from Worcester asked the Judiciary Committee yesterday to advance a bill that would require Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders whose only address is a homeless shelter to wear GPS tracking devices to allow police to monitor their whereabouts.

'Sudiev.' Members of Central Massachusetts' close-knit Lithuanian community will gather, 'with God,' for the last time this weekend for a regularly scheduled Sunday Mass at St.

Kyle Kapturowski, an Iroquois High School senior, advanced to the quarterfinals in the championship flight at the East Auroara International Junior Masters with a 4-and-3 victory over Nick Erlichman of Shrewsbury, Mass., today.

Darline Thorp Yatim and Adam Healy recently purchased the Shrewsbury Health and Racquet Club business at 3 Tennis Dr.

'You Go, Girl!' summer program Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services will hold an eight-week summer group 'You Go, Girl!' for middle school girls ages 11 to 14.

In today's down economy, lots of people are cutting out the extras. But a local entrepreneur says her homegrown company, which sells big, bold handbags and girly jewelry, is growing.

Monday, June 22, 2009 On the job: Jacqueline E. Dunbar, School bus driver, AA Transportation, Shrewsbury School bus driver Jacqueline E. Dunbar, shown here in the AA Transportation yard in Shrewsbury, says her least favorite part of the job is driving in snow.

Health officials are monitoring three Shrewsbury students and one chaperone as a precaution after one student showed signs of the H1N1 virus while on a school trip.

Fifteen Shrewsbury students and their chaperones have been quarantined in China after one student showed signs of the H1N1 influenza.

Three Massachusetts high school students and one chaperone have been quarantined in China after 1 of the students was diagnosed with a possible case of swine flu.

The H1N1 flu is creating a travel delay for a group of local students. Fifteen students from St.

Downtown traffic is likely to be much worse next month when Route 140 is closed for several days to allow workers to replace a culvert under the road.

With nine teen-age girls invited for their daughter's sleep-over/birthday party in a few days, Robin and Brian LaPorta were clearly on edge and obviously frustrated.

Janet Perry of Shrewsbury has been named volunteer of the year by the Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association.

It may take as long as two weeks to make an initial assessment of how widespread the infestation of the Asian longhorned beetle here is.

An erratic driver traveling on Route 9 Saturday evening didn't stop in time when he approached a backup near Donnelly Road, causing a three-vehicle crash that left some people with minor injuries, according to police.

State Police say a Blanford man was driving a tractor trailer that struck and killed a pedestrian in Northborough Wednesday night.

A spate of Beacon Hill ethics cases is prompting a state representative to propose amending the Massachusetts constitution so lawmakers can serve no longer than 12 years.