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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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Portland plaza reality gets lost in the kerfuffle
I’m trying very hard to get my blood boiling about the proposed sale of Congress Square Plaza to a private developer. It’s not working.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Immature brains behind microwave cat video
Can someone please explain how anyone, anywhere could consider this not only fun, but a legitimate form of Internet entertainment?
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PublishedAugust 30, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Republican knives out for LePage
Dear Governor LePage, do you hear that sound?
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PublishedAugust 7, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Speeding? It’s your word against your car’s
You thought “black boxes” were for just planes and trains, but not automobiles? You thought wrong . . .
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PublishedAugust 2, 2013
Bill Nemitz: ‘A Christian does not need therapy’
Looking for the fine line between religion and human psychology? Try the sidewalk outside Planned Parenthood in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Troubled teen finds a way to break cycle
The name rang a bell, but not a loud one …
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PublishedJuly 24, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Suspect owes her life to Saco officers’ restraint
Monique Vallee is one lucky woman . . .
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PublishedJuly 19, 2013
Bill Nemitz: No rock star status for a monster
For many who took time to read Rolling Stone’s article and understand the cover photo, they found the the journalism both fascinating and important.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Portland voters will legalize marijuana
The city the rest of Maine loves to hate is about to give a whole new meaning to “The Way Life Should Be.”
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PublishedJune 28, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Supreme Court rules for ending the pain
Never, in the 51 years since she was born, have I been happier for my kid sister . . .
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