Top Stories: 40 Warren Continues, Crime Rises

We know it’s easy to fall behind on the news. If you have, here are our top five stories of the week.

1. 40 Warren Fight Continues. The Neighborhood Council this week to hold an additional, special meeting for all those interested in the project to have one last chance to speak on the subject. Should anything change, the council’s will have to ratify the decision before the project’s plans again appear before the .

2. Charlestown sees crime uptick. Crime in Charlestown so far this year, led mostly by theft and attempted theft. “The vast majority of those are car breaks,” said Sgt. Tom Lema.

3. Video: Boston Police and Charlestown residents give coats to local youths. A group of volunteers this week shopped for coats, hats and gloves for 151 Charlestown youths and at the police station Thursday.

4. Photos: Santa and Mayor Menino visit Charlestown. We wound up with three galleries from the event. One showed . A second focused on , and the third came from , who managed to grab a photo of me.

5. Occupy Boston not kicked out. After a tense ramp-up that induced occupiers to take their valuables from the Dewey Square encampment, .