RANGELEY — The Rangeley Logging Museum welcomed their new president, Ken Astor, at the August Board of Directors’ meeting. At that time, Ron Haines took on the title of past president after a three-year term that might have set records in this town for amount of projects completed per season for one organization.

Anyone driving by or visiting the museum in the last few years can testify that the outward appearance has improved dramatically. This can be credited to Haines’ devotion to this organization, his boundless energy and his ability to motivate volunteers. The list of improvements is too long to list here but it’s worth the visit to see it for yourself.

Astor, of Rangeley and Falmouth, has had his initiation into the organization by being one of Haines’ work crew volunteers as well as lending the museum his portable saw mill which facilitated making, among other things, all new stadium seating and a multitude of benches for the festival grounds and trails this year.

Only minutes after Astor took office he presented his plans for the future of the museum. He is focused on the inside for the near future; getting the building winterized top to bottom to allow for year-round events; making the museum displays first rate and to include more for children; creating proper space for future donations of artifacts and artwork that are currently on hold awaiting this finished space. Phase Two and Three will be unveiled in the future.

The Rangeley Logging Museum is open through Oct. 6, Wednesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The next event is the Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Church of the Good Shepherd. This coincides with the Rangeley and Oquossoc town-wide Oktoberfest celebration. Stay tuned to the museum’s very active Facebook page and rlrlm.org for details on all the happenings.

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