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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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Pondering patience in a time of pandemic
While some get vaccinated, the rest of us decide how best to wait.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Once a Maine wunderkind, now a Trump crony
Longtime Maine developer Michael Liberty got a presidential pardon last week, but his reputation remains in tatters.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Bill Nemitz: The day America blessed itself
Nothing captured Inauguration Day more poignantly than the sight of a soldier in prayer.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Bill Nemitz: When no news is good news
The State House on Sunday saw police, press and … peace.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Long in the making, a moment of truth for Susan Collins
Beyond the latest impeachment, the Republican legacy of Maine’s senior senator hangs in the balance.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
Bill Nemitz: So, Maine businessman, you say you were in the U.S. Capitol? Tell us more.
Someone, preferably with a badge, needs to knock on Kevin Finkenaur’s front door.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Stop that man. He just committed a crime.
The mayhem throughout the U.S. Capitol is rooted in the raging psyche of Donald J. Trump.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Bill Nemitz: Welcome to a day that will blemish U.S. history
Sen. Angus King warns that Trump loyalists in Congress threaten our very democracy. He’s right.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2020
Bill Nemitz: A Christmas tree heavy with ornaments, each a memory of a life cut short
A Bowdoinham church quietly commemorates the pandemic’s toll on Maine.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2020
Bill Nemitz: A quiet ceremony, propelled by a proud history
The gathering of Maine’s four electors brought much-needed tranquility to a turbulent moment in history.
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