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Parents Demand Answers After Pricey Overnight New England Summer Camp Closes Abruptly Parents Demand Answers After Pricey Overnight New England Summer Camp Closes Abruptly
Parents Demand Answers After Pricey Overnight New England Summer Camp Closes Abruptly The “Fyre Festival of overnight camps” in New England was forced to unexpectedly shut down following reports of campers getting sick, unsanitary conditions, fighting, and other tales of horror. Camp Quinebarge, an 85-year-old co-ed camp in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, upset parents who paid $3,400 for a two-week stay that kids would have to be picked up after six days following a “summer of challenges.” A full summer session costs parents $9,800. Parents were initially told that the camp would be closing due to food supply issues, but it also reportedly faced financial shortfalls, as …

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Outbreak Of 31 Cases Hits Upstate NY Sleepaway Summer Camp COVID-19: Outbreak Of 31 Cases Hits Upstate NY Sleepaway Summer Camp
Covid-19: Outbreak Of 31 Cases Hits Upstate NY Sleepaway Summer Camp A COVID-19 outbreak at an upstate New York summer sleepaway camp has resulted in 31 confirmed positive cases with many campers returning home. Camp Pontiac is located in Copake, New York, in Columbia County, in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.  It's a seven-week camp for boys and girls aged 7 to 16 from all over the country. The 31 cases are all in campers between 7 and 11 years old, an age group now ineligible to get the COVID vaccine. There were no positive cases in kids at the camp age 12 and over, who are eligible to get vaccinated. The camp reported the first …

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by Joe Lombardi