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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PublishedFebruary 5, 2017
Bill Nemitz: In 1919, journalism heavyweight foresaw the degradation of news and politics
The essays of Walter Lippmann give perspective to the train wreck now occurring in which citizens struggle to separate truth from fiction.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Got a message for Maine’s leaders in D.C.? Be civil and sincere, and don’t be from away
Former congressional staffers have some practical advice for the many Mainers who want their voices heard in Washington.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Planned Parenthood now needs protecting
The energy shown in women’s marches should be focused on saving the provider of women’s health care.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2017
Bill Nemitz: LePage is Maine’s very own Archie Bunker, but in reality, he’s not funny
The governor once again makes a fool of himself, revising history in an attack on a civil rights icon.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Call for L.L. Bean boycott aimed at the wrong target
The anti-Trump group Grab Your Wallet wants a boycott over the political views of Linda Bean, a company director.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2017
Bill Nemitz: It’s our civic duty to read the report on Russia’s dirty tricks
Donald Trump needs to acknowledge that U.S. democracy came under attack by a Vladimir Putin-directed campaign.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2017
Bill Nemitz: Hijackers of handicapped spaces give cold comfort to those who need them
It’s a problem year-round, and especially in the snow and ice of winter.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Buxton poet will leave behind an enduring gift
Nearing the end of his life, Gene Auprey, a longtime-laborer-turned-hospice-poet, shares the daring words he lived by.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Photographer’s work with ‘short-lived children’ a personal mission
Arthur Fink, who lost a daughter after just six days, now takes images of dying children to help families cope with their loss.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Bright, young entrepreneur sees opportunity in Maine’s trees
Nadir Yildirim seeks to produce ‘smart products, futurist materials’ from trees.
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