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 20, 2013
Spouses help each other weather wartime experiences
Two married couples from Maine find that deploying together strengthens their husband-and-wife bonds.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Others’ anguish engulfed innocent kid when JFK was killed 50 years ago today
Fifty years ago, I was in fourth grade, the new kid in Sister Jean’s class at St. Joseph’s School just outside of Pittsburgh.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Democrats fumble ball on human trafficking
Let me put this as diplomatically as I can: Maine’s Democratic leaders ought to have their heads examined.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Legal work is free, results are priceless
How many lawyers does it take to give lawyers a good name? Sorry, this isn’t a snarky lawyer joke.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Visit to ramp shows LePage really governs state of denial
I hereby nominate Gov. LePage for the first annual Hiroo Onoda Award.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Oil guys pollute S. Portland waterfront debate
I can think of only two words to describe the all-out, oil-fueled offensive against South Portland’s proposed Waterfront Protection law.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins hardly a profile in courage during shutdown stalemate
Maybe she thought we weren’t looking.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Justice for Ayla is easier demanded than done
Those demanding justice for Ayla Reynolds can learn from the decades-old death of 19-month-old Eva Marie Knowles.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013
Bill Nemitz: I had ‘no choice’ but to jail victim, Maine DA says
We begin today with the obvious: Throwing the victim of a violent assault in the slammer isn’t likely to go over too well in the court of public opinion.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Lobsters feel pain? Let’s ask expert
Everyone has a routine for cooking lobster. For me and the missus, it goes like this . . .
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