“When you drive the coast of Maine, you will often see, waving at people’s dooryards, flags with a pine tree and a North Star,” Bellows said. “That’s a nod to our heritage, but also a ...

Maine will keep its current flag design after voters rejected a proposal to restore the original "pine tree" flag in Tuesday's election. Question 5 on the ballot asked residents if they wanted to ...

A referendum to replace Maine’s official flag with a design from more than a hundred years ago was soundly defeated on Election Day. Question 5 sought to restore the 1901 “Pine Tree Flag.” ...

Flag Contest: Mainers to Vote on Adopting a Pine Tree Design Paying Homage to State's 1st Flag AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag ...

It wasn’t enough for national media to concoct a story that the flags flying at Justice Samuel Alito’s properties proved that he supported the January 6 Capitol protests. Local papers in Maine ...

Replacing the flag seemed quixotic when it was first proposed by former Rep. Sean Paulhus back in 2021. It garnered few votes the first time out, yet all over the state people were flying the pine ...

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. By Alex Vadukul For more than a century, Maine’s state flag has been a ...

The design brief dictated the flag’s background had to be buff, a pine tree had to be in the center, and a five-pointed star had to be in the upper corner. In 1909 Maine adopted its current flag ...

one that tracks closely with the state's first flag. The design by contest winner Adam Lemire of Gardiner features a soaring pine tree in two shades of green, and a blue star against an off-white ...

replaced as the official flag of the State in 1909 and commonly known as the Pine Tree Flag, the official flag of the State? The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before ...