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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PublishedDecember 4, 2016
Bill Nemitz: A crash course in life in the fast lane of I-295
Going too fast – or too slow – appears to be dangerous, a test drive suggests.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2016
Bill Nemitz: LGBTQ community has a place in Portland to call its own
The Equality Community Center, which hosts five programs at 511 Congress St., will hold an open house at Friday’s art walk.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2016
Democracy gets messy for students in real time
Various plans to replace the Electoral College come with their own complications.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2016
PTSD puts veterans back in war even while at home
Three Maine vets talk about what they saw, heard, smelled and felt in Iraq and Afghanistan because it helps them move on.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Can President Trump unite us, or will divisions grow wider?
That question’s implications overshadow Maine and the rest of the country.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Grandson, I’m hoping yours will be a better world
And I pray that you’ll learn from our mistakes.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Senators’ double-dipping saga is politics at its worst
Lawmakers bypass a chance to address a legitimate policy issue in favor or mudslinging.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Stung by bad trade, seller still sticks to his guns against Question 3
A Rumford man’s rationale for rejecting federal background checks in private gun sales contradicts his experience.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Bill Nemitz: A personal ode to the Best Dog Ever
If all dogs really do go to heaven, my beloved Fairbanks should be top dog.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2016
Bill Nemitz: No grave concerns about integrity of Maine’s upcoming election
Gov. LePage’s talk of voter fraud is nonsense and, says Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, ‘absolutely irresponsible.’
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