Local militia organized in fall of 1775 to fight British, wearing uniforms of hunting shirts, with rattlesnake flag; Museum ...

Maine will not get a new state flag. About 55% of voters, or around 356,000, rejected a proposed redesign of the official flag with 80% of the votes counted at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Associated Press ...

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a ...

A proposal to redesign Maine's flag state flag appeared to be in trouble Wednesday morning, with more than 70% of votes counted. About 55% of voters, or around 318,000, were opposed to the redesign ...

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, ...

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

Question 5 on the ballot asked residents if they wanted to replace the current flag with a more historical version, commonly known as the "pine tree" flag.

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

Television screens and nerves on election night will understandably focus on the high-stakes, razor-thin US presidential race ...

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