Politics & Government
Top Stories: A Car in the River and a Mayor Remembered
With news about changes coming to Charlestown's churches.

We know it’s easy to fall behind on the news. If you fell behind this week, here are five stories we think you should take a look at.
Boston Fire fishes car out of Mystic River. A passerby spotted the near the Terminal Street boat ramp around 9 a.m. Tuesday, just minutes before it was reported stolen from Stoneham. Charlestown Patch rushed to the scene as quickly as we could and came back with a , along with a .
Charlestown Catholic parishes to collaborate. We talked to Father James Ronan this week about what the will mean. He said the process of deciding what resources the parishes will share will be “deliberate” and “organic.”
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Boston honors the late Mayor Kevin White. Charlestown Patch collaborated with other Boston Patch sites this week to cover the . We also asked you , and columnist John Keith asked
Fight against MBTA cuts continues. Charlestown residents have not been happy about the proposed MBTA cuts, and, this week, . We also found a that tries to explain how the MBTA got to this point.
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Medford man touts robbery co-conspirators as 'pros' 'from Charlestown.' A Medford man recruited two men with lengthy histories of armed robbery and bank robbery whom he touted as being "" to attempt to rob a Norwood check-cashing store, according to an FBI affidavit.
Also, we couldn't avoid writing something about the Super Bowl this week.
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