AUBURN — Actor Patrick Dempsey can trace his career origins, in part, to Lost Valley — and a unicycle. In Lost Valley’s ski lodge in front of a packed and excited Chamber of Commerce breakfast crowd Thursday, Dempsey talked about growing up here, the Dempsey Challenge, the future, the 1980s, getting active and remembering your […]
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The Buzz: An opening, a closing & Patrick sells out
No question, Patrick Dempsey’s a draw. The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce sold its last 70 tickets to next Thursday’s breakfast in about 24 hours, after announcing the actor would be the guest speaker. The chamber announced the event was sold out just after 3 p.m. Thursday. Riverview Market & Cafe closed The Lincoln […]
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Patrick Dempsey gets role as chamber breakfast speaker
Labor law is out, Patrick Dempsey is in. The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday afternoon that actor Patrick Dempsey would be the guest speaker at the monthly chamber breakfast next week at Lost Valley in Auburn. “We’re really excited,” chamber President Matt Leonard said. “It’s the right time. The community is very […]
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Patrick Dempsey surprises EL students with a visit
AUBURN — Edward Little High School students were told Thursday they were being interviewed about their successful Dempsey Challenge fundraising. Instead, they got a personal visit from Patrick Dempsey, much to the surprise and delight of two dozen students. Tish Caldwell of Positive Tracks, which partners with The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & […]
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Patrick Dempsey makes appearance at Black Mountain
RUMFORD — Dozens of youths thronged the summit of a long entrance stairway to the lodge at Black Mountain of Maine ski area in Rumford Saturday, cellphone cameras powered up to record Maine actor Patrick Dempsey’s imminent arrival. As Dempsey entered and appeared at the top of the stairway, Maine’s youthful paparazzi began snapping endless […]
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Dempsey to attend Rumford event
RUMFORD — It’s been nearly a year since Dr. Derek Shepherd departed “Grey’s Anatomy,” leaving millions heartbroken as he went. Fortunately, Patrick Dempsey is still around and at the end of the month, he’ll appear at a Dempsey Challenge fundraiser at Black Mountain Ski Resort in Rumford. Dempsey is expected to attend Winter Fun Day, […]
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Shifting gears: Patrick Dempsey still on track after fall from ‘Grey’s’
Is there life after “McDreamy”? Earlier this year, when Maine native Patrick Dempsey departed ABC’s long-running series “Grey’s Anatomy,” you would have thought a plague of locusts was about to descend. After Dempsey’s beloved character, Dr. Derek Shepherd, was suddenly killed in an episode ironically titled “How to Save a Life,” it resulted in a […]
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Top Dempsey Challenge fundraiser battles cancer, back in full force
Katy Romano got involved in the Dempsey Challenge the very first year when a mutual friend of hers and Patrick Dempsey’s pitched her on bicycling and eating lobster in Maine. The Atlanta woman and her husband decided to make it an annual event, raising more money each time. Two years ago, she set an individual […]
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Dempsey and the Challenge roll into town this weekend
LEWISTON — Early fundraising figures look strong, the weather forecast looks good and Patrick Dempsey — fresh off racing in Fiji and shooting a movie in London — has his bags packed. The seventh annual Dempsey Challenge kicks off Saturday. “The overall feeling and openness of everyone participating in the challenge is magical,” the actor […]
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Patrick Dempsey: McDreamy now looking like a nightmare
It was all good just a year ago. In 2014, Patrick Dempsey was still television’s sexiest neurosurgeon, and living in a house designed by star architect Frank Gehry that had been featured in Architectural Digest. Sure, he had a couple of embarrassing romcoms on his resume — think “Enchanted” and “Made of Honor” — but […]