Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2011
Husband guilty, wife not guilty of redemption theft
ALFRED — Separate juries found Thomas Woodard guilty and Megan Woodard not guilty today of theft by deception for stealing more than $10,000 by passing off out-of-state containers returned to his redemption center in Kittery, as if they were sold in Maine. The jury for Thomas Woodard returned its guilty verdict around 11:30 a.m. […]
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PublishedAugust 19, 2011
Juries get redemption theft cases
The defense maintains the state failed to prove the center’s owners knowingly took in ineligible bottles.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2011
Bottle-redemption jury deliberations begin Friday
The state is trying to prove that Megan and Thomas Woodard knowingly accepted out-of-state containers to collect the handling fee of 3 or 3.5 cents per container.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2011
Illegal bottles came in, but did center owners know?
The defendants’ attorneys say no, but prosecutors in $10,000 Maine theft trials try to show otherwise.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2011
Trial opens in Maine bottle-returns theft
Attorneys for the owners of a Kittery redemption center say the owners didn’t know the containers weren’t from Maine.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Taxpayers’ costs rise in settlements’ wake
Westbrook’s payouts to aggrieved ex-workers top $1 million this year, and insurance goes only so far.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2011
Elvis’ watch sold at Windham jewelry store
The watch was given to Elvis by his fan club when he returned to Memphis from the military in 1960.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2011
The King’s timepiece is yours for $24,000
The watch, given to Elvis in 1960, elicits kisses and tears at a Windham jewelry store.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2011
English Channel swimmer says she’s ready for the rough stuff
It’s France or bust for Pat Gallant-Charette of Westbrook, who hopes to set a U.S. record.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2011
Senior center to offer coffee and company
The center will open sometime next month at the former Little Falls School in Gorham.
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