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"There was this voice on the phone — this little boy's voice — saying, 'This is Chris. I have your bone marrow.' And it was Niagara Falls all over the place."

Maine man who made life-saving donation is asked to be best man at recipient’s wedding

Ed Suslovic was just a stranger when he saved the life of a young boy with leukemia. When he got the news years later that his own cancer was in remission, he was like family — and would soon be there to officiate Chris Costello's wedding.

Politics and policy force groundfishing fleet out of state

Mayor Kate Snyder and 14 previous mayors say the Charter Commission's proposal to strengthen the powers of the elected mayor puts too much power in the hands of 1 person.

Mayor Kate Snyder joined 15 former mayors Tuesday in voicing concerns about the proposal to shift more power to future elected mayors.

He hoped to donate a kidney. Now he’s headed for chemotherapy. Unable to fulfill his own act of generosity, Ed Suslovic of Portland now searches for someone who can. Share It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. Ed Suslovic was supposed to donate one of his kidneys to his friend John Thompson, and both would live happy, healthy lives through their 60s and beyond. But fate had other ideas. “I feel like Lou Gehrig – I’m the luckiest man alive,” said Suslovic, 61, a former Portland may...

Inspired by a stranger, Portland man tries to donate a kidney to help a friend "I picked up the phone and called John and said hey what do you think? Would you be willing to take a kidney of mine?" Author: Lindsey Mills (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 4:04 PM EST December 23, 2020 Updated: 5:37 PM EST December 23, 2020 PORTLAND, Maine — Acts of kindness can encourage more acts of kindness. This we know, especially in Maine.  That was the case fo...