Chelsea Scanner was up before the new sunrise this morning to capture dawn's early light over the Tobin and the Mystic River.

A Boston man with a history of sex crimes dating to 1997 was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail on a variety of charges, including indecent assault and battery, for masturbating during a medical exam he'd requested at a clinic in Chelsea on Friday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports - adding the quick-thinking doctor managed to grab his exam gown and use it as a shield as he was finishing. Read more.

The Chelsea Record reports the city Planning Board has approved a proposed industrial-strength battery complex on Eastern Avenue that will use two floors of batteries to store electricity for the local grid for times when it just needs some more juice. Flatiron Energy's proposal now goes to the city zoning board. Read more.

CommonWealth Beacon answers the local political question of the year: Why is one of the Supreme Judicial Court's two clerks elected by voters in Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop?

It's a fascinating historical story involving voter anger over the way the SJC back in the day refused to stand in the way of a fugitive slave being re-captured in Boston to be sent back into slavery down south in 1850. Doesn't explain why the post is still elected, but then again, this is Massachusetts, where if we did something once, we are often compelled to do it forever and ever.

Matt Frank watched the sun setting behind the Tobin Bridge, "filtered behind clouds and wildfire smoke."

Chelsea Scanner this evening showed us what it might look like watching Jupiter from one of its moons, if that moon had large tanks and a casino.

Compare to this morning's sunrise over the water at Winthrop.

CommonWealth Beacon reports that Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy, who now cares about Winthrop, too, appeared at a rally against a state mandate there that would require the town to rezone some land to allow for higher density development because it's served by the T. Read more.

WCVB reports a fire erupted in the former Russo's Tuxedo at 320 Revere Beach Parkway in Chelsea around 10 a.m. and quickly grew into a five-alarm blaze. Read more.

The state Ethics Commission today fined Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden $5,000 for the way the DA's press office released a statement that basically accused his opponent of sexually assaulting a girl when the two were in high school. Read more.

Politico reports (scroll way down for "Yahd Signs and Bumpah Stickahs") that current City Councilor Erin Murphy on Saturday announced endorsements by nine labor unions for her bid to get elected clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County - in a press release that showed the logos of 49 labor unions and groups, at least one of which says, no, it's not endorsing her this time around. Read more.