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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PublishedJune 27, 2014
LePage blames messenger for his own message on Social Security
After lumping the entitlement in with welfare programs, LePage gets a jolt from the third rail of politics – and calls out the Press Herald.
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PublishedJune 20, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Gay-rights pioneers earned pride long before parade
It was, Steve Bull recalls, like sitting in a fish bowl. The year was 1973. A handful of students at the University of Maine in Orono had gathered for the first meeting of the Wilde-Stein Club, named after Oscar Wilde and Gertrude Stein in a not-so-subtle nod to gay men and lesbian women who stood […]
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PublishedMay 7, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Just how much fraud will that EBT photo stop?
Many times between now and Election Day, Gov. LePage will stand before his adoring supporters and proclaim, ‘Folks, let me tell you what I’m doing to de-fraud Maine’s welfare system.’
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PublishedApril 30, 2014
Bill Nemitz: Oh, say I can see by solar-powered light
Talk about a light-bulb moment . . .
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2014
Unit with proud Maine pedigree in very capable hands
John Bratten is Ohio born but steeped in the history of the 133rd and its predecessors.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2013
Even in their 40s, some Mainers answer an inner call to duty
They put careers on hold to head to the war zone, mentor young troops and fulfill personal goals. Part three of our series from Afghanistan.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2013
Safeguarding Soldiers & Souls
During the holidays and far beyond, Capt. David DeRienzo – ‘Chaplain D’ of Maine’s 133rd Engineer Battalion – provides an invaluable gift to others who serve.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2013
Maine’s 133rd battalion closing down the war
More than a dozen years of battle have cost thousands of lives. With America’s longest war set to end in 2014, Maine’s 133rd battalion is there to pick up the pieces.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2013
Driving the ‘Highway to Hell’
Maine guardsmen protect the convoys moving food, fuel, water and
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PublishedDecember 20, 2013
Whether friend or foe, every life merits saving
U.S. medical forces scramble to save anyone who arrives by chopper and ambulance at their combat hospital.
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