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Bill Nemitz
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Bill Nemitz.
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Bill Nemitz: As Trump skates away, King warns, the Senate forever loses its balance
Maine’s junior senator decries not just a newly emboldened president, but a forever-weakened Congress.
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Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?
Maine’s senior senator would do well to heed her own words from 2016 about the man who would become president.
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Bill Nemitz: A Maine school, an election and an assault on democracy
The kids at Coffin School in Brunswick thought they’d elected a chickadee for their new school. They thought wrong.
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Bill Nemitz: ‘All aboard’ for a trip back in time
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad seeks community support as it links Maine’s past with its future.
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Bill Nemitz: Another crisis, another empty promise from CMP
Recent disconnect notices that contradict state law are but the latest example of a utility that’s in the dark.
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Bill Nemitz: He tried to save the world but could not save himself
Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.
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Bill Nemitz: Just an old cooking pot … or is it something more?
Steve Hill thought he’d never again see his favorite piece of cookware. Then fate took over.
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Bill Nemitz: Face it, fellow Mainers, we’re shortchanging some key officials
Forget about risky politics. The State Compensation Commission’s call to increase pay for the governor, lawmakers and judges is plain old common sense.
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Bill Nemitz: Three decades later, what hath the internet wrought?
This year’s Camden Conference bravely tackles the ‘media revolution’ triggered by the digital age.