FRYEBURG, Maine — Erlon Jones, 47, of Chatham, has been named the new curator of the Farm Museum at the Fryeburg Fair.
Jones follows in the footsteps of his parents, Ed and Diane Jones, who were the curators from 1994-2018. Ed passed in 2019 and Diane in 2022. Young Erlon started working with his parents at the Farm Museum when he was 17. His first role was handwriting tags for every museum item.
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Way to go Erlon, keep that history alive!
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