The beloved pine tree design will not return to its former status as the official state flag. Maine voters decided Tuesday ...

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

In the new version created by Adam Lemire of Gardiner, the tree is an Eastern White Pine, which is Maine’s state tree, and has 16 branches to represent the 16 counties in Maine. It’s become a ...

It had to adhere to specifications laid out in state statute, and Lemire was intentional with the details of the design. The tree in the design represents an Eastern White Pine, Maine’s state ...

PORTLAND (WGME) – Mainers are deciding Tuesday whether to keep the current flag or switch to a new design. Maine's Secretary of State chose the winner out of a group of finalists, narrowed down out of ...

Voters on Tuesday rejected a referendum to replace the current state flag with a modern version of the original design, which flew from 1901 to 1909. With 72% of the votes counted Wednesday morning, ...

Maine's Secretary of State chose the winner out of a group of finalists, narrowed down out of hundreds of submissions. It ...

This proposition would bring back the Pine Tree Flag as the state's official standard ... Urvashi Uberoy, Isaac White and Christine Zhang Additional contributions by Grace Ashford, Luke Broadwater ...

As many wildlife species decline globally, Maine’s growing sandhill crane population is a wonderful anomaly, Ron Joseph ...