Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 9

1. Yard Waste. Yard Waste collection resumes today in Newton. The yard waste must be placed curbside on your collection day no later than 7 a.m. or as early as 4 p.m. the day before. The yard waste must be in brown paper bags or barrels clearly labeled as "yard waste only." For more information, visit the city website on yard waste collection. 

2. School Committee. The School Committee will meet tonight at 7 p.m. (note earlier time) in the . The committee will meet the new Zervas Elementary principal and continue to discuss district facility projects. To view tonight's full agenda, click the .pdf to the right.

3. Senior Center open. After it was closed all last week due to boiler and building issues, the will be open again today, according to the city's website. 

4. Go Tigers! The boys' varsity baseball team will face Braintree today in a home game at 3:45 p.m. The game will be held at Albemarle Field. 

5. Running in the Boston Marathon? Newton Patch will be featuring Boston Marathon runner profiles all this week leading up to Marathon Monday. If you're from Newton and would like to be featured in a Boston Marathon runner profile, and email Editor Melanie Graham at Melanie.Graham@patch.com.