Actor Patrick Dempsey, a founder of the Dempsey Center and Dempsey Challenge, tuned in from Modena, Italy, where he is filming a movie and from where he completed his ride virtually. He wished participants luck and safety.
Andree Kehn
Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015. She covers sports assignments, breaking news and features, but her heart loves assignments photographing people immersed in their own unique passions. She has a second career as a wedding photographer and specializes in working with couples who are creating weddings that reflect their own quirky personalities. She has an eclectic past, including having been a carny, a ski bum, a lifeguard, an army brat, a motorcycle rider, an organic gardener, a tour-director and cat-lover. She loves to find common ground with all of her photography subjects.
The Week in Photos: Sept. 17-23, 2022
Sun Journal photographers choose some of their favorite images from last week.
Photo Album: Walkers and runners participate in the Dempsey Challenge
According to the Dempsey Center, 2,300 people registered to participate in this year’s events and an estimated 1,400 people were in attendance Saturday.
A young couple struggles to find a home
Tenting at the Universalist Church in Auburn has been a blessing and a challenge for Kay and Collyn. ‘There have been scenarios where they’ll ask ‘Yo, you got a cigarette?’ I’m like, ‘No, I don’t have a cigarette, at 2 in the morning’ and all of a sudden there’s knives out.’