A roving UHub photographer snapped a utility pole approaching 45 degrees at 275 Medford St., near the Charlestown community center around 7 p.m. Boston firefighters (one in the lower left) were already on scene.

J.L. Bell begins to tell us the story of one of the Massachusetts Historical Society's more unusual mementos from the Battle of Bunker (yes, really Breed's) Hill: A large plaque with crossed swords, one used during the battle by Col. William Prescott from the provincial troops and the other used by Capt. John Linzee of the Royal Navy.

Adam Castiglioni watched the barque Juan Sebastián de Elcano glide into Boston Harbor on its way to a berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard late yesterday afternoon. The ship is a Spanish Navy training vessel, named for a Spanish navigator who sailed with Magellan - and completed his journey around the world after Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521.

You know the drill: They have to shut a major part of the Orange Line for some preventative maintenance they weren't able to get to when they shut the entire line for a month of preventive maintenance in 2022, this time between Back Bay and Wellington for ten days starting Tuesday. The T advises: Read more.

Roving UHub photographer Hope Cole spotted this turkey, no doubt hoping she can catch up with the Duck Boat at its next stop, near Science Park yesterday.

Mascij reports Charlestown experienced "rolling blackouts" starting around 2 a.m. on Friday and continuing on into the night.

US marshals yesterday arrested a woman living in Charlestown for a hearing today on a request by the Turkish government that she be extradited for embezzling roughly $1.8 million from the customers of an Istanbul bank between 2009 and 2011, when she worked there as a portfolio manager. Read more.

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about a dangerous remnant of an old railroad switch along Medford Street in Charlestown, from back in the day when freight rode the rails to and from the waterfront:

My daughter fell on rusty metal piece of old train track.

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about the graffiti on the remains of a light pole at Rutherford Avenue and Essex Street in Charlestown, thoughtfully circling the offending graffiti to make it easier to find, although without any indication whether the objection is to the original "NOT ART" stencil, the additions that make it somehow even worse, if possibly funnier, or both.