In yet another sign of spring, Yard Waste Pickup resumes Tuesday April  21st and continues through December on designated weeks. Get the full schedule and all the info you need on how to properly dispose of yard waste in barrels or paper bags here. Your annual Environmental Service Guide, which should be arriving in the mail this week, also includes a yard waste calendar designed to go right on your fridge. By recycling your yard waste into mulch, you help the city reduce solid waste costs. So thanks for participating in this program.

Please note, due to the Patriot’s Day Holiday on Monday, all trash, recycling and yard waste pickup will be on a one-day delay for the full week. Please put out your refuse one day after your normal pickup day.

Federal Realty to host a Somerville resident first look at over 100 job openings available at The Row. Somerville only hiring event scheduled for Saturday, April 25. General public welcomed Sunday, April 26.

As Federal Realty Investment Trust nears its one year anniversary of Assembly Row with nearly 1,300 jobs already created, retailers are looking for more than 100 new employees in various retail and restaurant positions.

The Sports Medicine class at Somerville High School recently visited the Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention. Students took a close look at cutting-edge tools and treatments used with baseball injuries.

Here is one featured Somerville Neighborhood News segment from the latest newscast:

Shocking findings from women’s commission

By Yuxiao Yuan

The Somerville Commission for Women released shocking findings about violence and on the status of the city’s women at its Women’s History reception on March 31.

Nomination papers available beginning May 11 for this fall’s election

Somerville residents interested in running for Mayor, the Board of Aldermen or School Committee may take out nomination papers starting on Monday, May 11, for this fall’s municipal election, Somerville Election Commission Chairman Nicholas Salerno announced today along with the 2015 Somerville election schedule.

Somerville Rocks! is a semiannual community-wide youth talent show for Somerville youth ages 12 and older. Whether you’re in a band, a solo singer, a comedian, or you have any other talent you want to showcase to your peers, this program is for you! Auditions will be held on Friday, May 1st from 2:45-4:30 p.m. in the Somerville High School band room (1st floor). The show will be held on Friday, May 22nd in the Somerville High School Auditorium. Admission is free. For more info contact jdelponte@somervillema.gov or phone 617-625-6600 ext. 2616 for more info.

By William C. Shelton

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)

Through some thought process that I’ve lost track of, the ongoing atrocity called ISIS or ISIL got me thinking about two different Secretaries of Defense and two different leadership styles.

By Jim Clark

A woman phoned Somerville Police last Friday morning to report that her purse had either been lost or stolen at some point in time the day before.

She reportedly told police that she thought she may have lost the purse while at J.P. Licks ice cream restaurant at Assembly Row.

Carmilla J. “Cam” (D’Auria) (Fuccillo) Toner died peacefully in the company of her loving family at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday, April 15. She was 84.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)

This holiday weekend, Somerville will mark the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere and William Dawes riding under cover of night to warn their fellow patriots of the British troops marching from Boston to Concord and Lexington. Somerville will celebrate its part in our nation’s history on Monday, April 20 at Foss Park, where we’ll have Colonial games and songs, refreshments, and of course a visit from Paul Revere on horseback as he makes his historic ride through Somerville on the way to Lexington.