The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

Mainers voted on five referendum questions on Election Day, including whether to adopt a new design for the official state ...

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." But with ...

However, the state seal itself is not being changed ... This measure has attracted the most attention in Maine, but there will be four other questions on the ballot. Question 1 proposes ...

Referendum question number 5 on this year’s ballot is in regard to a yes or no vote to reinstate the original 1909 Maine State Pine Tree flag model.

Elizabeth Seal, whose husband Joshua was killed in the deadliest shooting in Maine history, told a crowd of mourners Friday ...

Vote “Yes” on Question 5. It is very hard to tell from any distance that Maine’s flag is the flag of Maine. It could be any one of the many state flags, using what sarcastic vexillologists call a ...

Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history planned ...