by PIC | Mar 17, 2025 | Pine Needle
The 2018 Ex-Camp group that Ms. Chandler encountered on the Allagash. Standing: Ian Ford, Cole Wofford, Anders Westerman, Dylan Ashby, Ash Fraiman, Alex Sidorsky, Satchel Toole. Kneeling: David Austin, Ben Brill, Tom Straus. By Sarah Hunter Late one night last fall,...
by PIC | Mar 11, 2025 | Pine Needle
Last December, Emily Swan fully retired from Pine Island after more than 30 years as the camp’s Business Manager. This was a woefully inadequate job title; Emily seamlessly handled everything from finances and payroll to logistics and endlessly frustrating...
by PIC | Mar 10, 2025 | Pine Needle
By Miller Elston This is a four-day canoeing trip for ages 13-14 on the St. Croix River in Downeast Maine. On the first day, we had an early breakfast before starting our drive to the drop-off point. We ate lunch when we got there, then got out on the water. We...
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 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...
