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 car in the water 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 gallery of photos, along with a video of the car’s extraction.

Charlestown Catholic parishes to collaborate. We talked to Father James Ronan this week about what the changes heading for the town’s Catholic parishes will mean. He said the process of deciding what resources the parishes will share will be “deliberate” and “organic.”

Boston honors the late Mayor Kevin White. Charlestown Patch collaborated with other Boston Patch sites this week to cover the funeral of Mayor Kevin White. We also asked you what you thought his greatest legacy would be, and columnist John Keith asked what comes next for Boston?

Fight against MBTA cuts continues. Charlestown residents have not been happy about the proposed MBTA cuts, and, this week, Mayor Tom Menino joined the opposition. We also found a mini-documentary called “Un-Fare” that tries to explain how the MBTA got to this point.

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 "from Charlestown" 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.