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 26, 2013
Bill Nemitz: LePage win on Medicaid could be short-lived
Maybe it’s too soon, the temperature outside pushing 90 degrees and all, to talk about January . . .
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PublishedJune 19, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Backstory makes ‘good’ Portland slogan even better
OK, I admit it. The moment they rolled out Portland’s new slogan Tuesday, I found myself somewhere between unimpressed and downright disappointed . . .
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PublishedMay 30, 2013
Bill Nemitz: A handgun sold, a red flag missed
Cabela’s refused a mentally erratic man one day, then sold him a weapon the next. The ammo used to kill his mother was free.
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PublishedMay 24, 2013
Bill Nemitz: LePage’s tempest in a TV-gate
Dear Governor: Is all this absurdity really your attempt to pull our attention away from a serious public-policy issue?
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PublishedMay 22, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Standing up to a master of tantrums
It’s all downhill from here for state Sen. Dawn Hill…
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PublishedMay 10, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Capital idea sprouts at Maine State House
On a snowy day last winter, Rep. Craig Hickman stood on the balcony of the Maine State House, closed his eyes and dreamed of food . . .
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PublishedMay 8, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Gun seller’s gut is last defense against tragedy
Should Andrew Leighton have been in possession of the gun he bought the day before his mother was shot to death?
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PublishedMay 3, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Like our governor, letter grades too simple
Slapping poorer communities with a D or an F and wealthier ones with an A only reinforces the obvious, rather than addressing the problem.
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PublishedMay 1, 2013
Bill Nemitz: A tax plan that cuts it for Mainers
For a long time, we’ve had a problem in Maine. But 11 courageous lawmakers – from all parts of the spectrum – have finally stepped up.
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PublishedApril 24, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Lobbying for tar sands oil is pretty slick
Ask, as the saying goes, and you shall receive. But push, and Triss Critchfield will push back . . .
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