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When voters in Maine head to the polls in November, they’ll have an important choice to make: whether they should change the design of the state flag. The proposed redesign by Adam Lemire ...
All entries had to include the elements of the original state flag used in the early 1900s ... version of a pine tree that some had proposed. Maine voters will decide in November whether to ...
Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Adam Lemire of Gardiner was selected Monday as the winner of the Maine State Flag Redesign Contest. “I am delighted by the number and quality of the submissions and the myriad ...
A measure to change Maine's official state flag headlines the five referendum questions on 2024 general election ballots in the state. The fifth referendum question would replace the current ...
Replacing the flag seemed quixotic when it was first proposed by former Rep ... and certainly not Maine’s majestic white pine, the official state tree. And while one also wishes we still ...
Many have criticized the current state flag ... The proposed designs varied from the “very serious to the amusing,” she said. Moose, lobsters, pine cones, the Maine coastline, and yes ...
The proposed bill would expand who can initiate the process to confiscate guns from individuals deemed a danger to themselves ...