by PIC | Jul 30, 2025 | PIC News, Pine Needle
We are excited to share the Mid-Summer Pine Needle, a collection of articles, trip reports and artwork created by campers during a journalism session earlier this month. It offers a glimpse into the creative, imaginative, and active lives of Pine Islanders. We hope...
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...
