LEWISTON — Actor Patrick Dempsey is the star of one mini-series wrapped and set to premiere in the United States and another TV thriller filming in Rome. He’s producing the movie “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” recently sold a documentary about auto racer Hurley Haywood and has his own racing team that competes […]
Dempsey Challenge
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Dempsey Challenge fundraisers will get chance to dine with Patrick
LEWISTON — With the 10th annual Dempsey Challenge less than two months away, organizers have added a new, up-close-and-personal incentive for fundraisers: a chance to have dinner with Challenge namesake Patrick Dempsey at his home in Kennebunkport. Dempsey Center officials will randomly select five lucky fundraisers to have dinner with the movie star and race […]
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Dempsey Challenge: 10 kids, 10 new bicycles
Alyssa Whitmore, 7, of Auburn, right, checks out the new Specialized bicycle her sister, Abby Whitmore, 10, received Wednesday evening at the Dempsey Center in Lewiston. Ten local children received free Specialized bicycles and helmets for pledging to raise $1,000 each during the upcoming Dempsey Challenge on Sept. 29 and 30 in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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Karen Maberry Albert
NEW GLOUCESTER — Karen Maberry Albert, 53, of New Gloucester, passed away Wednesday, July 11, at home surrounded by her loving family after a five-year valiant battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was born in Lewiston, raised in the Oxford area and graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1983. She graduated from Thomas College in […]
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Dempsey Challenge marks 10th anniversary with different routes
LEWISTON — The 2018 Dempsey Challenge on Sept. 29 and 30 will feature new bicycle race courses in celebration of its 10th anniversary. All five rides start Sunday at Simard-Payne Memorial Park, the headquarters of the Dempsey Challenge. The “signature” 10-mile course sticks mostly to downtown Lewiston and Auburn. The new 25-mile route goes to Riverside […]
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Mary Dempsey leaves Dempsey Center
LEWISTON — Mary Dempsey, sister of actor Patrick Dempsey, has left the cancer center she helped found. Dempsey left last month, just before the center formally separated from Central Maine Healthcare to become its own nonprofit. She had been serving as community services coordinator. Dempsey said Thursday that when the center was about to become independent, […]
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Dempsey Challenge brings over 1,000 cyclists
“Fast Freddie” Rodriguez snaps a selfie with Patrick Dempsey’s sons Darby, left, and Sullivan. Rodriguez is a professional road racing cyclist and rode the Dempsey Challenge with the Dempsey family Sunday. The event started and ended in Lewiston. LEWISTON – For those participating in the second day of the ninth annual Dempsey Challenge, the rain […]
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'Power of community' drives Dempsey Challenge
Patrick Dempsey interviews four Edward Little High School Red Eddies fundraisers early Saturday morning at the start of the Dempsey Challenge in Lewiston. Neil Bement completes his ninth survivors’ walk at the Dempsey Challenge in Lewiston on Saturday. Bement, of Auburn, is a three-time cancer survivor. Patrick Dempsey, far right, holds the banner at the […]
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Patrick Dempsey brings 'human touch' to Challenge
Patrick Dempsey talks to the Sun Journal on Saturday morning. LEWISTON — Patrick Dempsey, Lewiston native and Hollywood hunk, is home for the ninth annual Dempsey Challenge, a fundraising event for the Dempsey Center. Between hugging adoring fans, talking with cancer survivors and pumping up the crowd, Dempsey talked about his plans for the future […]
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'An incredible group': Dempsey Challenge gets rolling
Shannon Howard of Greenville, South Carolina, gets a kiss from Patrick Dempsey in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston on Friday when he greeted her and other warriors and bike riders from the Challenge to Conquer Cancer, who had just arrived after biking or driving 1,300 miles from South Carolina to take part in this weekend’s […]