Bill Nemitz has worked as a journalist in Maine since 1977, when he became a reporter for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville after graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He moved to Portland in 1983, working first as a reporter for the Evening Express and later as a city editor and assistant managing editor/sports for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. He began writing his column in 1995. While focusing on Maine people and issues, his work has taken him three times to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan, where he was embedded with members of the Maine Army National Guard and the Army Reserve; to Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Peace Accord; to Manhattan for the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; to the Gulf Coast for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. Nemitz is a past president of the Maine Press Association and for many years taught journalism part-time at St. Joseph's College of Maine in Standish. He also served for eight years, including three as chairman, on the board of trustees for the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland. In 2004, the Maine Press Association named Nemitz Maine Journalist of the Year for his reporting on the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion in Iraq. In 2007, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the New England Newspaper Association. In 2015, Nemitz was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame. Nemitz lives in Buxton with his wife, Andrea. They have five children and four grandchildren.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Lucky Maine – a true leader when we need one most
While President Trump and Paul LePage call her a ‘dictator,’ Gov. Janet Mills calmly navigates the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Bill Nemitz: ‘The art of the email blast,’ by Eric and Don Jr.
Want to go on a summer guilt trip? Poke your nose under Team Trump’s tent.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2020
Bill Nemitz: The chain of humanity responds in a moment of need
Lois Griswold, who captured the dramatic photo of strangers rescuing a diver in distress, specializes in connecting with people.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Collins stumbles over another promise made – and broken
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh once assured Maine’s senior senator he’d respect legal precedent – until he didn’t.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Hats off to a good man who specialized in bad news
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland’s retirement after 32 years marks the end of a job extraordinarily well done.
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PublishedJune 25, 2020
Bill Nemitz: The evil of a noose – and the positive pushback it generated
An ugly symbol of racism hits a tiny Maine island community.
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PublishedJune 14, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Got blood? In Maine and beyond, it’s needed more than ever
Battered by a pandemic that shut down drives and scared away donors, health officials warn that the blood supply is running dangerously low.
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PublishedJune 12, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Do you follow Maine’s COVID-19 rules, or are you ‘entitled’ to ignore them?
People with a high sense of entitlement show a stronger tendency to shrug off the pandemic and ignore guidelines.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Changing the world, one small corner at a time
As she graduates from Bangor High School, Nigerian-born Amara Ifeji leaves behind a legacy of scientific achievement and social change.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Bill Nemitz: An open letter from Maine to the president who isn’t
Donald Trump’s looming visit to Piscataquis County, another in a long line of ego trips, cannot be over soon enough.
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