Last week’s mass die-off of … something … on a southern Maine beach proved there’s nothing like a good insect story.
Bill Nemitz
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Bill Nemitz.
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Bill Nemitz: Didn’t cast your ballot for Portland’s Charter Commission? All you can do now is watch.
Proposing changes to the city’s government falls to those who showed the most ‘intensity.’
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So you never knew about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Why not?
When it comes to teaching history in our schools, we still have a lot to learn.
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Bill Nemitz: Wherever Horace ended up, ‘Dad’ was sure to follow
Many friendships come and go over a lifetime. This one was built to last.
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Bill Nemitz: Finally, a trip to the store without a mask
Some can’t wait to bare their faces. Others need a little time.
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Bill Nemitz: They needed a place to live. They got so much more.
A 54-year-old single woman from York County opens her home – and her heart – to three young boys in need.
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Bill Nemitz: ‘Houses of prostitution’ are bad for Maine kids. So are loaded guns.
Maine’s child-endangerment law is all but silent on keeping firearms away from children. That needs to change.
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Two groups – one conservative, the other liberal – walked into a Zoom class …
A just-completed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute course helped Mainers and Mississippians bridge the Great Political Divide.
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Through heart failure, stroke and transplant, a young mother powered on
Tiffany Dunn of Westbrook will celebrate this Mother’s Day like none other.
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Bill Nemitz: Introducing Maine’s license plate game – potty-mouth edition
Behind a bill prohibiting nasty vanity plates lies a deeper question: Who would even want one?