Patrick Dempsey could be seen rallying participants, biking, leading the survivor walk and meeting people at the Dempsey Challenge this year.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering education and health. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in journalism in 2019 and started working for the Sun Journal in 2023.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
This year’s Amanda Dempsey Award winner driven by passion to help others
From getting back on her feet at the Dempsey Center to becoming its biggest fundraiser several years later, this year’s award recipient is driven to ensure that others have the same cancer wellness opportunities she had in her recovery.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Top Dollar Dave’ talks about the Dempsey Challenge: ‘Meeting Patrick is amazing. We are buddies’
Inspired by wanting to help people, David Gervais has been the top single fundraiser for the Dempsey Challenge many years.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
This Auburn woman had stage two breast cancer. She is trying to find a new normal after remission.
Often, so much energy is placed getting through treatment and getting to remission that cancer survivors struggle to pick up the pieces of their life after.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Breaking down the numbers: A look at cancer diagnoses, deaths in Maine
Lung and bronchial cancer, and prostate cancer in Maine had the highest mortality rates in 2021.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Lisbon to continue LACO food pantry lease negotiation, consider taking over local EMS service
Councilors seemed more agreeable to Lisbon Area Christian Outreach food pantry lease requests.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Nation / World, News
What’s Patrick Dempsey been up to? New films and a return to racing.
The Buckfield native took up racing again this year after an eight-year hiatus.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Dempsey Challenge to offer more route options this year, bring more celebrities to Lewiston
The Dempsey Center has established a $2 million fundraising goal and has raised over half that so far.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
As Maine towns balk at rising education costs, some call for sheltering the property tax
Lewiston was among many towns struggling to approve school budgets that often rely heavily on the local property tax.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Lisbon councilors send $6 million school bond request to voters
Voters will decide the issue in November.