The SS Jeremiah O’Brien, the last of the Liberty ships built in South Portland during World War II, survived the German U-boats, the Mothball Fleet and now, a devastating fire on San Francisco’s waterfront.
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Bill Nemitz: Fear of COVID-19 can make any health problem worse
If you need to see your doctor or visit a hospital, do it. It’s safer than you might think.
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Bill Nemitz: After the pandemic of 2020, make it Maine’s 201st birthday bash
The state’s bicentennial celebration, already disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, will have to wait until next year.
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Bill Nemitz: The benefit of a Maine lobster versus the cost of a Maine life
With the tourist season looming, businesses must weigh their bottom lines against the spread of COVID-19.
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Bill Nemitz: Saving lives and paying the bills, one gown at a time
Her day jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Buxton woman sees a need and seizes an opportunity.
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Bill Nemitz: Cutting through the thicket between want and need
As Maine partially reopens its economy today, each of us still must decide when, and how, to re-engage.
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Bill Nemitz: A letter, from the heart, to Maine’s summer visitors
Come when you can, spend what you have left, and don’t even think about touching one of us.
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Bill Nemitz: The joy of breaking ground, with a Maine-grown earworm in my head
David Mallett’s ‘The Garden Song’ has inspired green thumbs for decades, but never so much as in the spring of 2020.
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Bill Nemitz: Careening down the road of unintended consquences
State and local officials, as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, should keep one finger on the ‘pause’ button.
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Bill Nemitz: The art, and therapy, of the diary in a time of COVID-19
Chit-chat about our new normal on social media is fleeting, but writing it down preserves a piece of Maine history.