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🌱 How is a South Thomaston man tied to this kidnapping case?
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- How is a South Thomaston man tied to this kidnapping case?
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📰 News we're reading
• Waldoboro Man Pleads to Lesser Offenses in Kidnapping, Drug Cases (midcoastvillager.com) — A major drug and kidnapping case tied to a Waldoboro house also involves co-defendant Shane R. Jones of South Thomaston, who was indicted alongside the now-sentenced ringleader. Prosecutors detailed weeks of alleged beatings, threats, and drug trafficking before a multi-agency raid, giving South Thomaston residents a close-to-home look at an ongoing regional criminal investigation. 
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Clark Island, Thomaston
10:00 am - Stir Crazy Cooking with Miss Sharon (4th grade and up)
Jackson Memorial Library, 71 Main Street, Tenants Harbor
2:30 pm - Live Music at Oak Room →
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4:00 pm - Junior Inventors - It's STEM-tober →
Science & Industry Center at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head
4:30 pm - FREE KarateFit Open House →
Watts Hall Community Arts, 174 Main Street, Thomaston
6:00 pm - Owls Nest: Apples to Apples →
Science & Industry Center at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head
10:30 am - First Friday at the Farnsworth →
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St, Rockland
4:00 pm - Member Morning →
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St, Rockland
9:00 am - Rockland Maker's Market - October →
Harbor Park, Rockland
10:00 am - 365 Gallery Walk: Making Ceramics in Maine
365, 365 Main Street, Rockland
11:00 am - 365 Gallery Walk: Making Ceramics in Maine →
365, 365 Main Street, Rockland
11:00 am - The Sound of Hope: Piano and Flute →
Watts Hall Community Arts, 174 Main Street, Thomaston
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🗞 Nearby News
Thomaston
- How Thomaston's new Comfort Line connects seniors with weekly wellness checks (wabi.tv)
- No boat needed: this Maine lighthouse sits at the end of a walkway over open water (wheninyourstate.com)
Rockland
- New training partnership aims to address Maine's firefighter shortage (newscentermaine.com)
- Updated: Vehicle Slams Into Parking Lot in Rockland, Rolls on Its Side (midcoastvillager.com)
- Massachusetts man sought by Maine State Police on drug charges (wmtw.com)
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