Somerville Recreation will be holding a road race in conjunction with the Mayor’s Shape-Up Somerville Initiative. The race to be held on Sunday, April 24, with the kids race at 10:30 a.m., while the adults 5K race starts at 11:00 a.m. The proceeds will go to the Somerville Youth and Recreation Foundation (SYRF). This non-profit foundation was formed exclusively for charitable purposes. For more information go to www.SomervilleYouthRecF.org.

The original short film “Jahar” will be shown at the Independent Film Festival Boston at the Somerville Theatre on April 28 and May 2.

By Jessica Kenney

Henry Hayes and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, classmates of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will be screening an original short film titled Jahar at the Independent Film Festival Boston at the Somerville Theatre.

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If you’re looking for a rich tasting, thick and creamy soup without all the added fat, this recipe is perfect. Serve with your favorite salad. This recipe yields about 6 servings.

It’s like a pebble in our shoe. This seemingly endless annoyance of dealing with getting the GLX funding adequately squared away without bankrupting ourselves in the process. A dizzying array of meetings and press releases to digest, while hoping to form an educated opinion on where we should stand on all of this.

By Jim Clark

Police were summoned to the T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods at the Assembly Square Marketplace last week on reports of a shoplifter in the process of stealing merchandise.

Upon arrival, store security personnel informed the officers that the suspect, later identified as Keesha Vickers, of Brockton, was confronted about the merchandise but refused to cooperate and kept walking away.

It is spring in New England, but who says we have to be seasonal? Poet Keith Tornheim brings us back to those autumnal days and nights.

Arrests:
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Marquille Morrisey, of 9 Oliver St., Everett, April 11, 10:27 a.m., arrested at Fellsway on a warrant charge of drug possession to distribute.

Alexandra Tristan-Ribeiro, of 17 Park St., Melrose, April 11, 6:04 p.m., arrested at George St. on charges of violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of a class C drug.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

The Somerville High School’s 3rd Annual Career Fair was  held on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.  The  goal for the fair was  to provide students with the very best career, training, and educational opportunities in this area as they formulate their post-secondary plans.