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 10, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Plagiarism debacle should cost LePage dearly
If Democrats had pulled a similar stunt, the governor’s conservative base would be in orbit.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Sportsmen fire at will in hunt for their voice
As Paul LePage runs for re-election, David Trahan and George Smith are very publicly at odds over the governor’s record.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2014
Bill Nemitz: LePage turns into late-night punchline
The governor’s latest antics are manna from heaven (once again) for Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Market Basket revolt a sign of fed-up times
Workers who have been treated well refuse to join the millions of U.S. employees paid peanuts because of corporate greed.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2014
Bill Nemitz: All you really need is heart to advocate for Maine kids
Maine’s Court Appointed Special Advocate program offers training to those who wish to help abused kids navigate the legal system – and no law degree is needed.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Portland Time and Temperature sign works for city
But those posting messages on the iconic sign have to work with just eight characters.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Stingy CEOs should walk in his shoes
Jim Wellehan of Maine footwear fame pays his workers double the minimum wage, and says that’s one reason for his company’s success.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2014
Bill Nemitz: As loved ones age, dementia often becomes our reality too
The challenge is to strike a balance between their personal freedom and common-sense precaution.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2014
Arguments against tar sands law ring hollow
They’re trumped by risks exposed by oil spills elsewhere, and the lack of any plan for piping crude from Canada into South Portland.
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
A moderate’s success? For Snowe, it’s ‘tremendous’
Sen. Thad Cochran’s victory over a tea-party challenger in Mississippi bolsters the former Maine senator’s political reform efforts.
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