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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PublishedJanuary 6, 2016
Bill Nemitz: Out of the spotlight, DHHS cuts away at humane care
Families speak out against proposed changes that would drastically reduce the amount of help their children with severe disabilities get.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2015
Bill Nemitz: A Maine soldier who died in World War II is cared for, an ocean away
A Dutch couple yearned to know more about the soldier whose gravesite they adopted. This is the story of their ‘amazing gift.’
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PublishedDecember 23, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Indifference over deaths of homeless unacceptable
Portland has lost a record 43 people this year, but there aren’t enough voices demanding an end to the avoidable suffering.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Anti-Muslim talk in Maine coming from the clueless
Two state legislators and others like them could unwittingly serve as recruiters for the terrorists they condemn.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Right-wing Maine must have some wires loose
Leave it to the Maine Heritage Policy Center to see a Trump-Clinton plot.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Why LePage’s drug war is hopeless
Scarborough’s Operation Hope is proof positive that effective law enforcement means more than just rounding up the dealers.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Savor time because it waits for no one
Waylaid last summer by melanoma, then rejuvenated by a fall boat ride, I’ll wake up this morning grateful.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Lottery’s scavenger hunt targets millennials
It’s not enough for the Lottery to simply exploit the destitute and hopeless.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Just a sign of the times in Lewiston? Not to one mayoral candidate
While an unthinking landlord and others give the city a bad name, Ben Chin sees colors and cultures working together.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2015
Bill Nemitz: Good Will-Hinckley drama puts truth about LePage in spotlight
Even the governor’s loyalists must see that his interference in Mark Eves’ job search is outside the pale.
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