Journalist freed in Syria spent time living in Upper Valley

Click to view item Posted August 26. 2014 1:14PM

Bridgewater � A journalist held by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria for nearly two years before being released on Sunday had Upper Valley ties. Friends say Theo Padnos , 45, whose family owns a home in Bridgewater, used the name Peter Theo Curtis while in captivity to avoid association with a book he wrote about �CLICK TO VIEW THE SOURCE MATERIAL

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