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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PublishedSeptember 28, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins’ rejection of ACA repeal answers grandmother’s life-or-death questions
Dianne Morrison sees the value of speaking up after walking and talking with Collins in Eastport’s Fourth of July parade.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2017
Bill Nemitz: In dispute over Rockland resident’s Trump signs, city official stays on message
William Butler has heard the wrath of Susan Reitman’s supporters for telling her to take her signs down, but says the city code trumps politics.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Don’t know the facts? Don’t post a comment
A recent crash on I-95 led to a slew of online comments, many thrown up by those who knew nothing about what actually happened.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Unlikely story behind a life on the street offers a lesson to rest of us
Deborah Marvit, a well-educated woman whose life got derailed, says the many reasons why people become homeless mean others shouldn’t judge them.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2017
Bill Nemitz: ‘Uncle Brick’ finally found and heading home to Maine
Family members never gave up hope that they’d get the teenage Marine who fought valiantly in World War II back to Caribou.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Still waters run deep; so should Collins’ aims
The maverick Republican should think big about her next campaign.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2017
Bill Nemitz: With Portland Pilots’ price hike, ferry operator gets taken for a ride
The Portland Pilots and the Portland Harbor Commission find a new way to skin The Cat.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Whine about insurance? For many Mainers it’s really about surviving.
Republicans use their dictionaries to once again demonize the poor.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Spat over ‘spring’ water is laughable in a world awash in woe
Fortunately, an Oklahoma-based nonprofit organization lends a little global perspective.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Mary Mayhew lacks even a sliver of remorse for chilling DHHS fiasco
She ducks responsibility for the deaths of 133 of Maine’s ‘most vulnerable citizens’ on her watch – and more.
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