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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PublishedMarch 31, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Preble Street opening much-needed center for healing
The new facility will help women who are victims of trauma, including human trafficking.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Documentary shows how we’re dealing with ‘problem kids’ all wrong
‘The Kids We Lose’ airs Thursday night on Maine Public.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Skowhegan should listen to the real Indians
The town’s bellowing die-hards aren’t ‘mighty’ – they’re just clueless.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Piano player’s friends bring back the music
A benefit concert for Tim Butterworth will be held Thursday at Aura in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Bonny Eagle students are heroes in our midst
Kids at the middle school, alarmed after reading threats on social media and hearing them in conversations, spoke up.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Don McLean’s protest about his ex-wife’s exhibit is a lesson in amplification
The singer, through his efforts to stymie it, ends up being the biggest promoter of Patrisha McLean’s exhibit on domestic violence.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Maine’s chief medical examiner keeps himself busy
Dr. Mark Flomenbaum also owns Lincoln Forensics LLC, a private consulting firm he’s operated since 2012.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2019
Bill Nemitz: A bright idea as sparks fly around CMP
Change Central Maine Power from a private, for-profit moneymaker into a public, nonprofit authority.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Democracy is brewing against big money in politics
We can change the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Citizens United decision.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Dangerous times at Cheverus High
In 1978 and 1979, no fewer than five predatory men worked simultaneously at the school.
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