Five Things, Including a Note on Comments

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 21. Here are five things you need to know.

1. In case you missed it yesterday. We have brought back @ This Address. Writer Helen O’Neil has taken her first column back to write about St. Francis de Sales Church.

2. Interested in forming a neighborhood watch? Boston Police Neighborhood Watch Director Carolyn Macneil will be at tonight’s Public Safety Committee meeting.

3. A note on comments. I did something yesterday for the first time since taking over in Charlestown: I deleted some of your comments. Readers responding to our story about Todd English’s Olives got heated and heaved accusations unfit for our site. Just a reminder that we welcome discussion—even heated discussion—on Charlestown Patch, but we do not allow unsupported accusations.

4. Skunks in town? A reader this weekend sent us this message. We thought we’d pass it along: “I walk to work between 5:15 and 5:30 in the morning, and recently I have crossed paths with skunks during my travels. I'm not sure if it is one skink or several, but they are definitely in the neighborhood. I'm sure that others in the neighborhood have either seen them or smelled them, but I just wanted to get the word out to those who aren't aware.  Or maybe this is a known fact already and I'm just discovering it now.”

5. Warm to wet. Highs are likely to hit the mid 40s today. Skies will start partly cloudy, but cloud over with showers later on.

For more info on what's happening around the neighborhood, check out our events calendar and feel free to add your own.