Members of the Augusta-based Kennebec Historical Society recently elected Jamie Carter Logan of Augusta as their president.

Logan, 35, a freelance writer and consultant, replaces Patsy Garside Crockett, also of Augusta, who stepped down after four years in office.

Mark Laney of Winthrop was elected treasurer, succeeding Doreen Harvey, also of Winthrop. Kent London of Vassalboro and Stefanie Barley of Augusta were re-elected to their offices of executive vice president and secretary, respectively.

Logan, who grew up in Portland, has lived in Augusta for nine years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in politics with a minor in philosophy and a minor in theology and religious studies from The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.; and a master’s degree in Maine studies from the University of Maine in Orono. She took over as administrator of the society’s Facebook page in 2016 and launched its Instagram account.

When the coronavirus prompted the society to suspend its in-person monthly historical lectures in 2020, Logan began coordinating online versions of them, and they have continued for more than a year.

Now she has become the society’s youngest president in more than three decades.

Laney, 58, of Winthrop, is a chiropractor who has practiced in Augusta, his native city, since 1988. He opened his own clinic in 1990.

A Gardiner Area High School alumnus, he obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1987 from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Missouri. His professional experience includes having served for the past four years on the board of the Maine Chiropractic Association.

He also is a member of the Augusta Country Club, where he has served on the club’s Green Committee for five years; and he helped write and edit the Maine State Golf Association’s centennial book, “The Game is Here to Stay,” in 2017.

The roughly 800-member Kennebec Historical Society, founded in 1891, collects and preserves documents, photos and other items pertaining to the history of the county’s 30 municipalities. It maintains a research library and archive for public use at its headquarters at 107 Winthrop St. in Augusta, and it sponsors free monthly historical lectures.

For more information, call the society’s Augusta office at 207-622-7718.

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