Politics & Government

Top Stories: MBTA Cuts, 40 Warren and Another Shooting

With a survey on the year's crime rates.

We know that it can be easy to fall behind on the news. If you’ve fallen behind this week, here are five stories we think you should look at:

40 Warren hearing comes to no decision: After a that included raised voices, a malfunctioning projector and an egg timer, the Charlestown Neighborhood Council arrived at the Thursday that it will make no recommendation on the proposed .

Crime Rises in Charlestown in 2011: Charlestown was just one of two Boston neighborhoods to see an with an 11 percent jump over 2010. District E-18, serving Hyde Park, saw a one percent increase in crime, while each of Boston’s other neighborhoods saw decreases of up to 15 percent.

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Man shot on Carney Court: Police said that the force investigates all shootings as potentially connected to those that have happened nearby, but, at this point, between Thursday's shooting at last year's Charlestown gun deaths.

Council to urge action against violent robbers: At Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved Councilman Bill Galvin’s request that the assembly send a letter that could be called a “” to the judge presiding over the case once the judge has been identified.

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MBTA budget battle could kill 92 bus: The MBTA has announced that it will have to make cuts in the near future, and . While preliminary reports suggest that Orange Line service will be left intact, some bus routes servicing the town could be eliminated, as could the weekday commuter boat service to the Charlestown Navy Yard.

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