After his own diagnosis, Maxwell founded Man Up To Cancer to offer support and an outlet for men facing cancer.
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Face Time: Nicole Chamberland, Miss Androscoggin 2019
Nicole Chamberland had never been in a pageant before the contestant coordinator for the Miss Maine For America Pageant (not to be confused with Miss Maine) asked her to enter. It would be a new competition, one involving character as much as beauty. She would be the first contestant. Chamberland, daughter of Mary Dempsey and […]
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H.S. football: Edward Little and Patrick Dempsey (PHOTO)
The Edward Little football team spent some time with Patrick Dempsey on Saturday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Dempsey Challenge: Patrick Dempsey roars into town
LEWISTON — No one has ever accused Patrick Dempsey of lacking pizzazz. Just before sundown Friday, the leather-clad actor swept into Simard-Payne Memorial Park on a Harley-Davidson customized specifically for the event. As they often do when Dempsey rolls in, the crowd went wild. “I’ve never made an entrance like that before,” Dempsey told the […]
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Patrick Dempsey to be on ‘GMA Day’ Wednesday
LEWISTON — Patrick Dempsey, the actor, producer and race car driver whose namesake Dempsey Challenge is less than three days away, will appear on ABC’s “GMA Day” Wednesday. Dempsey is expected to talk about the two-day fundraising and the Dempsey Centers in Lewiston and South Portland, which are bolstered by the Challenge and provide free […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Winner of the 2017 Amanda Dempsey Award has iron will to live
LEWISTON — On June 16, 2008, 40-year-old Christina Parrish was told she had six months to live, because of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Even after months of not feeling well, the news hit her like a freight train. “I was completely floored,” Parrish said. “I was in denial. I knew my doctor had to be wrong. […]
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Dempsey favors thousands, twos and threes
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 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
6th annual Dempsey Challenge named ‘the best event yet’
LEWISTON — Whether they walked, ran or cycled, hitting the pavement to fulfill pledge commitments was what motivated 3,871 participants in this weekend’s successful 6th annual Dempsey Challenge. The tally announced at closing ceremonies Sunday afternoon was “1.1 million and counting,” according to Aimee Arsenault, manager of special events and development at the Patrick Dempsey […]
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Center spaces named for Amanda Dempsey
LEWISTON — Amanda Dempsey probably wouldn’t have liked the fuss, but she would have loved the results. Two dozen family members, friends, volunteers and supporters of The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing gathered at the center Saturday afternoon to dedicate two rooms in her memory. The first, a quiet, comfortable space filled […]
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Dog survives more than a week in Maine sub-zero temps
NORTH ANSON (AP) — A Maryland family’s dog that went missing on a holiday trip to Maine has been found after surviving more than a week of sub-zero temperatures and severe winter storms. Dempsey, a 1-year-old boxer that belongs to Jamie Cyrway’s family in Severn, Md., was found Monday morning in an abandoned warehouse in […]