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, 2017
Bill Nemitz: How can we throw away perfectly good food?
United Nations findings paint a stark contrast between the world’s haves and have-nots.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Do my words bother you? That’s OK – you didn’t hear them from me
Blatant lying is becoming the new normal, so let’s all give it a try.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2017
Bill Nemitz: A sermon for those on the mound, from one who’s been there
You can be the hero or the goat or something in between, but you sure can’t escape the attention of – everyone.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2017
Bill Nemitz: State cutting programs for mentally ill? She minds
If Gov. LePage wants to ‘do no harm,’ he needs to answer to Maine’s most vulnerable.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2017
Bill Nemitz: One comma left out gives judge pause in Oakhurst overtime case
That one element of punctuation is all it would have taken to stop the drivers’ overtime lawsuit, period.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Threats make films about Jewish life more vital than ever
Amid more open anti-semitism, the 20th Maine Jewish Film Festival can help remedy the lack of knowledge behind hatred.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2017
Bill Nemitz: In Westbrook, young eyes focus early on the college prize
Their first scholarships in hand, some third- and fourth-graders are already thinking big.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Trump’s hiring freeze means disabled vet from Casco’s out of a job
Robert Banks thought his acceptance letter meant he had a job with the Navy in Rhode Island. Weeks later, he’s unemployed and feeling shortchanged.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Think millennials are lazy? Meet the guy who helps keep Maine’s roads clear
For every young person complaining, there is one putting in the work.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Even under fire, Collins remains best hope for Senate sanity
She argues that her committee vote on Betsy DeVos was moot, and that she sought to avert the Rule 19 vote.
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