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Watertown Farmers Market Opens Soon, See Which Stands Be There

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Watertown Farmers Market opens for its third season on Thursday, June 2 at 2 p.m. in a fresh, highly visible location. Find 20 weekly vendors on the front green of the Arsenal on the Charles, right on Arsenal Street in front of Arsenal Center for the Arts. Favorite vendors from past seasons return, including Red’s Best local seafood straight from Boston’s piers, Lilac Hedge Farm with pastured meats, fresh eggs, and maple syrup, and The Farm School, a teaching farm in central Massachusetts where future farmers grow organic produce, eggs and flowers. Additionally, the market welcomes several new vendors, including Kitchen Garden Farm with gorgeous produce and producers of a specialty sriracha sauce made from their own farm-grown peppers. Jasper Hill Farm also joins the market this year, bringing their award-winning cow’s milk cheese to market every-other week.

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Spring Has Sprung in an Unusual Place in Watertown

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Each spring brings a burst of life, with trees and flowers blooming and wildlife welcoming their young. One pair of birds decided to make their nest not in a tree but on top of some emergency lights at the Wayside Multi-Service Center on North Beacon Street in Watertown. The birds built the next a few weeks ago on the emergency lights over the handicap accessible ramp at the center. Recently they hatched, and now the young birds can be seen peaking their beaks out and are close to being able to take their first flights. “We nurture everyone at the Multi,” said Wayside Program Director Laura Kurman.

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Farm Animals, Summer Story Time and Father’s Day Contest at the Mall

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June is filled with activities at the Watertown Mall, where you can see farm animals, hear a story and enter you artwork into a contest. Summer Kick Off with the Watertown Family Network! Kick Off Summer at the Watertown Mall and the Watertown Family Network on Wednesday, June 15 at 10 a.m.! Stop by for a special Summer Story Time! Kick off the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer with the Watertown Family Network and the Watertown Mall.

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Wayside Hosting Youth Mental Health Aid Training – Free for Residents 40 and Over

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Learn about how to spot the signs of mental illness or other problems in teens and youth through a workshop presented by Wayside Youth and Family Support Network. Wayside sent out the following information:

A young person you know could be experiencing a mental health or substance use problem. Learn an action plan to help. Anyone 18 or older can take Youth Mental Health First Aid, but it is recommended for those who regularly have contact with young people ages 12-18 – teachers, coaches, social workers, faith leaders and other caring citizens. The training is open and FREE to anyone over the age of 40 who works or lives in Watertown, Waltham, Brookline and Belmont.

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Family of Geese Make Home Outside Friendly’s in Watertown

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Friendly’s restaurant on Arsenal Street has a new attraction, and it’s not an item on the menu – it’s a new family of geese. A pair of Canada Geese has made their home on the small grassy patch in front of Friendly’s for about four years, said manager Pam McPhail, but this year something new happened. “The mama began picking feathers from her down and made and made a nest,” McPhail said. “Then one day she left an egg and left another every day for the next seven days.” That was about six weeks ago, and this week the fuzzy yellow goslings began to emerge.

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Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall Coming to Gore Place in August

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The traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial, known as the Moving Wall, will be on display at Gore Place this summer. Watertown Veterans Agent Mark Comeiro said the wall would be on display in August, and on one of the days Watertown will take part in ceremonies surrounding the wall. Color guards from the Watertown Police and Fire departments will be involved along with veterans groups, he told the Town Council. The wall is a half-size replica of the memorial in Washington, D.C., which lists the names of those killed in the Vietnam War. There are actually two Moving Walls, according to the Moving Wall website.

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Mass Audubon Hosting Event on Pollinator Garden at Arsenal Project

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Celebrate the growing season with educators from Mass Audubon Habitat! Learn about the Arsenal Project’s Pollinator Garden planted and maintained by Mass Audubon Habitat staff with assistance from Watertown Community Gardens volunteers, the mall announced. The event will be held Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Pollinator Garden located near entrance by the Express store at the Arsenal Project, 485 Arsenal St. (if raining, event moves inside Innovation Space). Find out who are the pollinators – native bees, honey bees, birds, butterflies and other animals.

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Woman Catches Cancer Early Thanks to Relay for Life

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Margaret Klingmeyer began participating in the Relay For Life in honor of her sister, but the annual event that raises money for the American Cancer Society helped her in her own fight with the disease. Klingmeyer, 70, a semi-retired CPA who lives in Wellesley, is no stranger to fighting back against cancer. She began fundraising for the American Cancer Society in 2008, the year her sister lost her life after a battle with lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. That year, she joined Relay For Life of New Bedford, where she was born and where she sister lived. The following year, she started Team Hiker Chris with the Relay For Life of Watertown-Newton-Waltham event, in Watertown, the town where she cares for her grandchildren and often visits her daughter.