FEBRUARY 28, 2025 — In New York, a college student is leading an effort to establish Ithaca’s first official city flag and is inviting the community to help shape its design, says Ithaca Voice. Benjamin Anderson, a college student from Dryden, has spent months creating flag concepts inspired by Ithaca’s natural landscape. His proposed designs…
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 — The Village of Chester in New York is moving forward with plans to create an official village flag, according to the Chronicle. At its February 10 meeting, the Chester Village Board outlined a competition that will invite residents to submit designs, with the final selection determined through a combination of public…
JANUARY 15, 2025 — North Tonawanda, New York, is inviting residents to shape its future by voting on a new city flag design, reports WIVB-TV. The initiative comes nearly six decades after the original flag, designed by a high school junior in 1967, first flew over the city. A committee comprising artists, historic preservationists, and…
OCTOBER 25, 2024 — The Village of Middleburgh, New York, raised its new village flag outside of Village Hall on Monday, following a design contest held earlier this year, reports News10. The flag, created by 15-year-old Ava Shinaver, was chosen through a community vote coordinated between the Middleburgh Central School District and the village, according…