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Pressure to Take Advantage of Precious Alone Time Overwhelming for Some Marlboro, NJ (Aug 5) – Like thousands of couples in the tri-state area, it was supposed to be their “summer of sex” featuring nightly romps in the sack and spontaneous daytime sexcapades for the Fishmans, Jennifer and Marc, but it has turned out to be anything but that for the 40-something year-old couple.   With children Jake, 13, and Hanna, 9, away at Camp Huron Lake for seven weeks, the…

Huron Lake, PA (August 4, 2017) – Inter Girl Melynie Gersfeld, 12, became the first of her Bunk 26 friends to cross the threshold from childhood into the sacred covenant of womanhood this summer.  While her mother, Elissa, had prepared her for the inevitable rite of passage, Melynie was forced to lean on her bunkmates and Camp America counselors Agnes Jones and Elisabeth Thomas for guidance as she experienced her menarche.  Elissa had even hoped that her daughter would menstruate…

Huron Lake, PA (August 2, 2017) – Camp WannaWannaBe Junior Boy Zack Hurstein defected to Camp Huron Lake late yesterday afternoon during Huron Lake’s annual boys baseball tournament.  After years of harsh treatment at WannanWannaBe, Hurstein made the difficult decision to leave his friends and family behind to enjoy the lush paradise that is Huron Lake. After his team lost in the first round of the tournament, Hurstein, armed with only a five dollar bill and the clothes on his…

Marlboro, NJ (July 28, 2017) – The dishwasher is run on a nightly basis at the Buxbaum household from mid-August through late June but it has not been in service once in the past thirty-three days, the exact number of days the Buxbaum children have been at camp.  The stainless steel Bosch Benchmark Series SHX9PT55UC 23.5″ Built-in Dishwasher has sat idle for nearly five weeks and there is no reason to believe it will be used in the foreseeable future…

Huron Lake, PA (July 25, 2017) – In a recently concluded study by the American Camp Association (ACA) and Camp Huron Lake, it was determined that over the last two weekends of Visiting Days over sixty tons of food were completely wasted by campers and parents alike. The study included food that was not allowed at camp due to nut content, any food that was bitten into and thrown away, and chocolate, sushi, and chocolate covered sushi that was left…