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 22, 2019
Bill Nemitz: A homegrown moral dilemma: Kill the invaders or live and let live?
They’re not hurting anyone … yet. But who wants to live alongside a nest of yellow jackets?
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Onward and upward – from the shelter steps to Maine businessman
Maxwell Chikuta relied on General Assistance and food stamps when he first arrived in Portland from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sixteen years later, he’s got a Ph.D. and just opened his second business.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Bill Nemitz: When it comes to influencing madmen, no one’s louder than Trump
Republicans are quick to blame movies and video games for stoking violence in this country, but why no mention of the president?
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PublishedJuly 25, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Amid all the finger-pointing, what would Marissa think?
There’s more than enough blame to go around in the murder of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins, ever fearful of Trump, teeters on the tightrope
Once a self-professed occupant of the political middle, Maine’s senior senator is fast running out of maneuvering room.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2019
Bill Nemitz: The night I watched the men on the moon
Fifty years after Apollo 11’s Eagle touched down on the Sea of Tranquility, the magical moment still shines bright.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Next time, Your Honor, try writing more judiciously
By saying the survivor of alleged sexual abuse ‘buried his head in the sand,’ a federal judge betrays a disturbing lack of empathy.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Portland celebrates Fourth with music, fireworks and open arms
But in Washington, D.C., the observance diverged into two gatherings separated by an ever-widening chasm.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Former Gov. Baldacci, a board member, hides from questions about CMP
Democrat John Baldacci, now a corporate leader for Central Maine Power’s parent corporation, has little to say about the company’s mistreatment of its customers.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Will new law save community TV from ‘the nosebleed section’?
The legislative battle is over, but the war over channel assignments for Spectrum’s public-access channels likely will go on.
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