Contributed photo CASTLEBAY CONCERT – Castlebay will perform in the “Concerts at the Commons” series at 7:30 p.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation was awarded $600,000 to provide workforce development services to young people and businesses in Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties.

DEXTER — Our Lady’s Kitchen will reopen on Sunday, May 15, for its free Sunday “dinner” that is served Sundays at noon in the parish hall of St.

DEXTER – Once again Wayside Grange & Theatre has received a generous donation from McKusick Petroleum in Dover-Foxcroft for 2022 to help us continue our projects.

GUILFORD — Free community bike rides — every Tuesday at 4 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – On Tuesday Foxcroft Academy held a special ceremony to announce the Class of 2022 outstanding scholars at its annual Rose Award ceremony.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Contra dances are returning to the Central Hall Commons.

The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council has hired a new executive director at a time when big decisions that will affect the county’s future are pending.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like many other organizations across the state and beyond, those involved with Partners for Peace — the domestic violence resource center for Piscataquis and Penobscot counties — did their best to navigate the pandemic.

Contributed photo DIP IN SCHOODIC LAKE – The ice was barely out of Schoodic Lake on Sunday when the Brownville Days Committee sponsored the first Schoodic Lake Polar Dip to benefit events set for July 22-24.

GUILFORD – Valley Grange of Guilford is sponsoring a blanket-making event on Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.

By Kim Brawn “In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights the way,” Yoda OK, so the diminutive Jedi Master was probably not talking about libraries, but he could have been.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to name Amy Collinsworth as Katahdin Region economic development director.

MILO – The Milo Garden Club will meet at 1 p.

DEXTER — Spirits Place is hosting a low cost spay/neuter clinic at the Abbott Memorial Library May 21-23.

HALLOWELL – During May, NAMI Maine recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month as a time to raise awareness, destigmatize the conversation, advocate for care, and provide hope to the 1 in 4 Mainers impacted by mental health challenges.

By Fisheries Resource Technician Stephen Seeback Where to fish: Mud season is in full swing in the northern part of the Moosehead Lake Region, although waning south of Greenville.