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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PublishedJune 20, 2021
On a shady street in Portland, hope springs eternal
Hope House, home to some and lifeline to many more, offers a path forward for asylum seekers in search of a new life.
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PublishedJune 18, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Neo-Nazis moving to northern Maine? Say it ain’t so
The ‘Great Maine Migration’ is under way – at least in the fantasies of a white nationalist chat room.
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
Bill Nemitz: This column will really bug you
Last week’s mass die-off of … something … on a southern Maine beach proved there’s nothing like a good insect story.
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PublishedJune 6, 2021
So you never knew about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Why not?
When it comes to teaching history in our schools, we still have a lot to learn.
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PublishedMay 30, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Wherever Horace ended up, ‘Dad’ was sure to follow
Many friendships come and go over a lifetime. This one was built to last.
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PublishedMay 27, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Finally, a trip to the store without a mask
Some can’t wait to bare their faces. Others need a little time.
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PublishedMay 23, 2021
Bill Nemitz: They needed a place to live. They got so much more.
A 54-year-old single woman from York County opens her home – and her heart – to three young boys in need.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Bill Nemitz: ‘Houses of prostitution’ are bad for Maine kids. So are loaded guns.
Maine’s child-endangerment law is all but silent on keeping firearms away from children. That needs to change.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
Two groups – one conservative, the other liberal – walked into a Zoom class …
A just-completed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute course helped Mainers and Mississippians bridge the Great Political Divide.
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PublishedMay 9, 2021
Through heart failure, stroke and transplant, a young mother powered on
Tiffany Dunn of Westbrook will celebrate this Mother’s Day like none other.
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