A retired journalist marks the state’s bicentennial by telling us, in more ways than one, how we got here from there.
Bill Nemitz
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Bill Nemitz: The truth is vaccines save Maine kids’ lives. Let’s keep it that way.
For all the time they’ve spent talking in recent months, supporters of Question 1 have said precious little.
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Bill Nemitz: He picked up a WWII dog tag – and couldn’t let go
Thanks to a Royal Australian Navy veteran, a Portland soldier’s legacy rises from the battlefield on which he died.
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Bill Nemitz: As Trump skates away, King warns, the Senate forever loses its balance
Maine’s junior senator decries not just a newly emboldened president, but a forever-weakened Congress.
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Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?
Maine’s senior senator would do well to heed her own words from 2016 about the man who would become president.
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Bill Nemitz: A Maine school, an election and an assault on democracy
The kids at Coffin School in Brunswick thought they’d elected a chickadee for their new school. They thought wrong.
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Bill Nemitz: ‘All aboard’ for a trip back in time
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad seeks community support as it links Maine’s past with its future.
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Bill Nemitz: Another crisis, another empty promise from CMP
Recent disconnect notices that contradict state law are but the latest example of a utility that’s in the dark.
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Bill Nemitz: He tried to save the world but could not save himself
Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.
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Bill Nemitz: Just an old cooking pot … or is it something more?
Steve Hill thought he’d never again see his favorite piece of cookware. Then fate took over.