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BLOCK ISLAND BUSINESSES had feared tourism would be decimated when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last spring, but it turns out the 2020 season wasn’t as dreadful as officials thought it might be. PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Down year is OK for Block Island

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

Block Island’s tourism-dependent business owners entered the summer fearful of the damage the COVID-19 pandemic would do to their livelihoods, but most report that...

PICTURED IN FRONT of Ballard's Inn are, from left to right, Marion Filippi, Landon, Lauren, Natalie and Steven Filippi, along with Bryan Sawyer, COO of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. / COURTESY STEVEN FILIPPI/BLAARD'S INN

Stepping Up: Ballard’s Inn donates $8K to local charities

Coronavirus 07/10/2020

NEW SHOREHAM – Ballard’s Inn on Block Island donated a combined $8,000 to two Rhode Island charities that have been impacted by the COVID-19...

SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017. / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Will business on Block Island always be seasonal?

Entrepreneurship 08/18/2017

Sven Risom and his wife, Laura, became enamored with the beauty of Block Island long ago. After summering there for many years, they became...

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