By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

The city of Medford plans to add the names of veterans who were in the armed forces during recent wars and conflicts to its Honor Roll Park memorial on Winthrop Street, according to an announcement from Mayor Michael McGlynn.

The city has compiled a list of names of veterans who served during operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, but is asking the public's help in reviewing it in order to ensure all names are spelled correctly and no names are missing, McGlynn said in a statement.

View the list of Desert Storm vets here and Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom vets here.

The names will be included on a bronze plaque, which will be added to the war memorial at Honor Roll Park, located near the entrance to Medford High School on Winthrop Street. Any name corrections or additions must be submitted to the city's Veterans Services office by June 15. Once the plaque is made, names will not be able to be corrected.

A dedication ceremony is expected to be held in the fall.

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By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

A historian who has closely studied Thomas Jefferson's use of slaves is slated to speak at Medford's Royall House and Slave Quarters later this month.

Henry Wiencek, author of "Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves," will appear at the Royall House for a lecture on May 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Wiencek also wrote about George Washington's use of slaves in "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America," for which he won the Los Angeles Times book award for history.

The following is a press release from the Royall House on the lecture:

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 7:30 p.m., nationally renowned author and historian Henry Wiencek will give a talk on his book Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves.

In his provocative study, Henry Wiencek argues that the author of the Declaration of Independence shifted his position on slavery for financial reasons, after becoming convinced that the only way to make a success of his debt-ridden plantation was through what he called the “silent profits” gained from those he enslaved. "The very existence of slavery in the era of the American Revolution presents a paradox," writes Wiencek, "and we have largely been content to leave it at that. Jefferson animates the paradox. And by looking closely at Monticello, we can see the process by which he rationalized an abomination to the point where an absolute moral reversal was reached and he made slavery fit into America’s national enterprise." Copies of Master of the Mountain will be available for sale. 

The event will be held at the Royall House & Slave Quarters at 15 George Street, Medford, and is free to Royall House & Slave Quarters members. General admission is $5. Royall House and Slave Quarters brief annual business meeting starts at 6:45 p.m., followed by a refreshment break prior to the lecture. On-street parking is available, and the museum is located on the 96 and 101 MBTA bus routes. Please email director@RoyallHouse.org for more information or visit RoyallHouse.org. 

About the speaker: Henry Wiencek is a prominent American historian, editor, and author whose work has encompassed historically significant architecture, the Founding Fathers, and various topics relating to slavery. In 1999, The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, a biographical history that chronicles the racially intertwined Hairston clan of North Carolina, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America earned him the Los Angeles Times Book Award for history. He was named the first-ever Washington College Patrick Henry Fellow, inaugurating a program designed to provide writing fellowships for nationally prominent historians. Henry Wiencek was born in Dorchester, attended Boston College High School, and earned an undergraduate degree from Yale University. Mr. Wiencek resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.

About the museum: In the eighteenth century, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Architecture, furnishings, and archaeological artifacts bear witness to the intertwined stories of wealth and bondage, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.

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By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent

Subway service between the Orange Line’s four most northern stations will be replaced by buses after 9 p.m. on five days each week for about one month, according to the MBTA.

Shuttles will run between Oak Grove Station and Sullivan Square Station from 9 p.m. until the end of service on every Sunday through Thursday from May 19 to June 21, officials said. However, there will be no evening diversion on the night of Sunday, May 26, due to the Memorial Day holiday that Monday.

The buses, which are accessible for people with disabilities, will stop at those two stations as well as at the two stations in between: Malden Center Station and Wellington Station, according to the T’s website.

During the times the four subway stations and their connecting tunnels are shut down, MBTA crews plan to perform work on the Assembly Square Station Project, officials said.

For more information, contact the MBTA Customer Communications Department at 617-222-3200, TTY: 617-222-5146.

E-mail Matt Rocheleau at mjrochele@gmail.com.
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The following was submitted by Boston College High School:

For High Honors a Soph., Jr., Sr. must have at least a 3.80 quality point average and all grades '"C+" or higher. Freshmen need a 3.6 quality point average and all grades '"C+" or higher.

For Honors a Soph., Jr., Sr. must have at least a 3.20 quality point average and all grades '"C-" or higher. Freshmen need a 3.165 quality point average and all grades '"C-" or higher.

Burlington: Honors: Edward C. Wetzel ‘16

Everett: High Honors: Samuel Vasquez ’14 and Matthew F. Donohue ‘16

Honors:  Igor Campos Carvalho’14

Lynnfield: High Honors: Eric Simonelli ‘15

Malden: High Honors: Delsin David '14 and Danny Nguyen '16

Honors: Ismail Chineye Asongwed '14, Kolby Lavrik Vegara '15 and Kenny Wilson Delino '16

Medford: High Honors:  David Gentile ’14 and  John M. O'Brien 2015

Honors: Keshler S.G. Charles '15 and John F. Glynn '15

Melrose: High Honors: James F. O'Donnell '14, Daniel Casey '16, Anthony A. Ioffredo '16, Edward J. Kelley '16, Jacob A. May '16, Matthew W. O'Donnell '16, Noah A. Peterson '16

Honors: Samir Aslane '15, Robert A. Brodeur '16 and Andrew T. McCormack '16

Merrimac: High Honors: Liam Maxwell Rich’14

Nahant: High Honors: Matthew C. Ryan ‘14

North Andover: Honors: Emaad Syed Ali '15 and John Roy O’Connor '15

Revere: High Honors: Kenny Builes '14, Michael J. Kelley '14, Matthew S. O’Keefe '14 and Gabriel Drumond Depinho '16

Honors: Walter A. Carrera '14, Sergio Manuel Leon '16 and Alejandro D. Montoya '16

Salem: High Honors: William M. Kraemer ‘15

Saugus: Honors: Christopher J. Kelble '14

Somerville: High Honors: Christien P. Mendoza Exconde '15, Jesse O. Najarro '15 and Alex E. Santos '15

Honors: John W. Dres 2014, John P. Lynch 2015 and Brandon R. Payzant '16

Stoneham: High Honors:  David A. Vaccaro’14

Honors: Sean P. Moynihan’14

Swampscott: High Honors: Michael Wade Norcott '14

Honors: Peter R. Amato '16

West Newbury: High Honors: William Callahan Duggan '16

Winchester: High Honors: Thomas X. Pinella '14, Nathan S. Batty '15 and John D. O'Donnell '16

Honors:  Alexander J. Farone '15

Winthrop: High Honors: Thomas J. Nee '14, Christian G. Navarro '15, Nicholas R. Triant '15 and Cameron A. DeAngelo '16

Honors: Grant Herbert '14

Woburn: High Honors:  Robert J. Ferullo ‘15

Boston College High School is a Jesuit, Catholic, college-preparatory school for young men founded in 1863.  The school enrolls approximately 1600 students from more than 100 communities in eastern Massachusetts.

Rep. Paul Donato, D-Medford,(center ) with staff from Healthy Families Melrose-Wakefield program, left to right, Luz Marte, Liliana Patino and Kathleen Marek, and Rep. Paul A. Brodeur, D-Melrose, at the “Step Up for Prevention” event hosted by Children’s Trust Fund at the State House.

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A voter looks over a ballot at the Pearl Street Community Center in Malden.

By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

Action at polls in Ed Markey's congressional territory was slow Tuesday, as the longtime member of the House of Representatives squared off in a primary for a spot in the US Senate.

A total of 170 ballots had been cast as of 12:30 p.m. at the Pearl Street Community Center in Malden, the polling place for Markey's home ward.

Beverly DiCato, warden for Ward 2 precinct 1, said the turnout was low, as expected. It didn't appear that having a local candidate in the Senate race had a signficant impact on turnout, she said.

"People say that it's important to them, that's what makes me mad, they say that, but where are they?" DiCato said.

Dante DiSerio, 61, and his mother, Carmelina, 85, cast ballots for different candidates Tuesday afternoon at the community center.

DiSerio, a retired letter carrier, said he voted for Stephen Lynch because of his history supporting the letter carriers union, while his mother voted for Markey.

"I've known Ed for a long time, but I think Lynch is pretty good," DiSerio said. "Eddie's a career politician, nothing against him, but nobody should be doing it for that long."

Carmelina DiSerio said she thought Markey had served the area well in
his 36 years in Congress -- and he is a familiar face.

"I know the family very well," she said. "My oldest son went to school
with all the Markey brothers."

At the Medford Senior Center, near Markey's Congressional office in Medford Square, the turnout was also low, but slightly better than expected, Warden Rosemary Bagnell said. A total of 301 ballots had been cast as of 1:10 p.m.

"I think the weather has been a good factor," she said.

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By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

A total of $834,000 will be put into renovating three Medford parks, according to an announcement by Mayor Michael McGlynn.

Columbus Park, Morrison Park, and Hickey Park are the recipients of federal grants, which will be used to make Morrison and Hickey parks more handicapped accessible, and improve the softball facilities at Columbus Park, McGlynn said in an announcement Friday.

A new field, batting cage, dugouts, and fences are all part of the renovation project at Columbus Park, expected to be undertaken this spring. Work on handicap ramps and other accessibility elements will start this summer at Hickey Park and Morrison Park.

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