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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PublishedAugust 23, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Amid continuing scandal, the Catholic Church loses touch with its flock
The report of widespread abuse by priests in several Pennsylvania dioceses widens the gap between the Church that is and the one Catholics thought they knew.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Bill Nemitz: A budding journalist, reporting for duty, God bless her
Young people still hear a calling to report the news even as the industry is increasingly under siege from many sides.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Russian trolling story’s commenters suspecting each other
That’s exactly the kind of distrust the trollers of Maine politicians are looking to sow.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Far-flung, long-retired physicians are often the gatekeepers for patients needing uncommon treatment
Roger Morse, a running coach, is tired of running into such a brick wall.
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PublishedJune 8, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Janet Mills paints rival Adam Cote as closet Republican, but it doesn’t pass straight-face test
There are good reasons why he was enrolled in the party for a while, and he was not an active member, both of which make the portrayal a political cheap shot.
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PublishedMay 20, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Hardworking Mainers try to keep going under #metoo cloud
Why should others pay for Maine Media Collective’s owner crossing the lines?
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PublishedMay 6, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Banning all politicians from parades is out of step
When we exclude politics, we wave a white flag to the rhetorical bomb-throwers and declare political expression, in its entirety, off-limits.
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PublishedMay 3, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Photos raise troubling questions about arrest of suspect in corporal’s killing
Authorities should opt for full transparency in explaining how John D. Williams was injured during his arrest on Saturday.
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PublishedApril 29, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Who’s on first with Max Linn campaign?
So ends a bizarre chapter in recent Maine electoral history, not to mention a rare case of actual voter fraud.
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PublishedApril 22, 2018
Bill Nemitz: Deering student opens the golden door
Allan Monga will proudly represent Maine this week at the Poetry Out Loud national championship in Washington, D.C.
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