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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PublishedApril 8, 2018
Bill Nemitz: What is it with these Republican mayors from Waterville?
Today, former Mayor Paul LePage’s old job is in the hands of one Nick Isgro.
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PublishedApril 1, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Maine professor, struggling student had a chemistry
Many years later, Ray Stevens is passing on the kind of empowerment he got from USM Professor Emeritus John Ricci.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2018
Bill Nemitz: On Affordable Care Act fixes, Sen. Collins’ perceived clout came up short
The senator said there would be repercussions if her party’s promises to her weren’t kept, yet none have materialized.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Oil man who bilked customers gives new meaning to the word slippery
Nicholas P. Curro III, who reneged on heating oil contracts with 313 customers for almost $400,000, evades punishment for over a decade.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2018
Bill Nemitz: The cure for bad office holders is good candidates to run against them
Maine saw two examples this week of the disturbing things that can happen when a candidate runs unopposed.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2018
Bill Nemitz: His authenticity might help Shawn Moody put out fires
The Republican’s hopes for succeeding LePage as Maine’s governor may rest on voters liking him enough to dismiss some of his statements.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2018
Bill Nemitz: DHHS caseworker explains impossible task of trying to keep up
Between meeting days, document days, court days and other duties, Andrew Schoening never had enough time to handle his large number of cases.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2018
Bill Nemitz: All educators may not be on board, but student-protest train has left station
One Maine school district twists itself in knots to justify punishing youths for taking a stand against gun violence.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Gov. LePage, of all people, has no excuse for ignoring child abuse
The governor is cutting funds for programs that aim to prevent the very kinds of abuse that he says he suffered at the hands of his father.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2018
Bill Nemitz: LePage should put people who overdose before politics
Maine’s bullheaded governor insists that naloxone, rather than saving lives, only delays inevitable deaths.
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