by PIC | Mar 8, 2025 | Pine Needle
By Rob Gowen On March 18, 2024, after years and years of thinking, reading, planning, and hoping, I finally embarked on one of my lifelong bucket-list items: thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. My experience at Pine Island Camp over ten summers between 1981 and 1994,...
by PIC | Mar 6, 2025 | PIC News
Dear PIC Community, The summer is coming up quickly, even though it may not feel like it in your neck of the woods! We have plenty of snow on the ground in Maine, and Great Pond is frozen solid. We’re experiencing a winter like the olds days — snow that...
by PIC | Mar 5, 2025 | PIC News
This past summer, a seismic shift rocked Pine Island Camp. For decades, campers received two cherished pieces of candy during the weekly Saturday Night Show. But in 2024, Director Alex Toole boldly reduced the candy ration to just one piece. “It’s a decision I made...
by PIC | Mar 1, 2025 | Pine Needle
By Alex Toole This past summer, I had the joy of bringing my dog, Scout, to Pine Island. She’s a sweet, quirky creature, and while I had high hopes that she’d fit right in, her start at camp was a little rocky—literally and figuratively. At first, Scout was nervous...
by PIC | Feb 26, 2025 | Pine Needle
Next-Gen Data Analytics Shed Light on Perch Usage Trends After months of exploratory analysis and statistical research, PINE SAP is back to share its findings with the Pine Island community! As you may recall, PINE SAP (Pine Island’s Newly Exhaustive Statistical...
