5 months ago Mainers split on changing the state flag back to lone pine design By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Mainers are evenly split on whether to change the state flag back to something similar to the original pine tree design, according to the first public poll on the November referendum.
5 months ago We may change Maine’s flag in November, but we won’t ditch its great seal By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff When people talk about the upcoming statewide vote about whether or not to adopt the 1901 “lone pine” design for Maine’s state flag, the major argument in favor of the change is that our current flag — the Maine state seal on a blue background — is boring.