Five Things: Congrats to a Local Hockey Star

Today is Monday, Jan. 9. Here are five things you need to know:

1. Wear a coat. A heavy one. The long-john’s may not be necessary, but it’s not exactly going to be toasty. We’ll start out in the high 20s, and peak in the mid 30s. Upside: minimal wind and clear skies.

2. Care to weigh in on this development? The Charlestown Neighborhood Council will conduct a community meeting relative to the development at 63 Rutherford Ave. The proposed project includes a change of legal occupancy from a commercial/industrial building to a three family dwelling creating a multilevel dwelling with an elevator connecting to all floors. The plan also calls for the construction of a new 4th level penthouse addition and roof decks. This meeting is scheduled for 7:00 PM on Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Knights of Columbus , Lower Hall. Feel free to call 617-242-3771 with any questions or concerns.

3. In case you missed this. I know more than a few of you saw this, but we tried something new last week: we the 40 Warren hearing. The live blog is neither as concise nor as informative as the we published the following morning, but, according to some, it was a bit entertaining. Let me know if you'd like to see more of this in the future.

4. Keep it up, townies. As of Friday, the Charlestown Townies boys’ basketball team had racked up four wins and just one loss, according to the Boston Herald.

5. Local headed to BU hockey. Forgive me if I’m late to this one, but it came across twitter this weekend: Matt Grzelcyk of Charlestown, a member of USA Hockey National Team Development Program, has committed to attend Boston University next year.

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