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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PublishedNovember 6, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Grandson, I’m hoping yours will be a better world
And I pray that you’ll learn from our mistakes.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Stung by bad trade, seller still sticks to his guns against Question 3
A Rumford man’s rationale for rejecting federal background checks in private gun sales contradicts his experience.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Bill Nemitz: A personal ode to the Best Dog Ever
If all dogs really do go to heaven, my beloved Fairbanks should be top dog.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2016
Bill Nemitz: No grave concerns about integrity of Maine’s upcoming election
Gov. LePage’s talk of voter fraud is nonsense and, says Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, ‘absolutely irresponsible.’
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PublishedOctober 16, 2016
Bill Nemitz: In realm of verbal gaffes, LePage is an authority
Turns out, words can hurt. Choose the wrong one, and the entire state of Maine suffers.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Meet the Trump fan who posted a racy fake photo of Hillary
Dressing up a virtual Hillary Clinton in a skimpy bathing suit violates any definition of decency.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2016
Bill Nemitz: In Haiti, shelter needed from yet another storm
Hurricane Matthew ravages an orphanage founded by the Rev. Marc Boisvert, a Lewiston native.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Ranked-choice voting would be Maine’s smart choice
Passage of Question 5 would help ensure that the winner gets a majority.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Think things can’t get stranger at the State House? Meet the Rev. Steven Craft
Craft comes up from New Jersey and holds a baffling news conference on behalf of Gov. Paul LePage – who stays away.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Her next text may be a lifeline
Crisis Text Line volunteer Barb Childs of Standish tries to keep despondent people typing.
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