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BLOCK ISLAND was one of the top 50 most expensive zip codes in New England in 2019. / PBN FILE PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Report: Block Island among 50 most expensive zip codes in N.E.

Real Estate 01/21/2020

PROVIDENCE – New Shoreham had the highest median sale price of any zip code in the state in 2019, ranking No. 42 in New...

R.I. Fast Ferry to introduce new Block Island fast ferry at...

Hospitality & Tourism 08/02/2019

NORTH KINGSTOWN — Sailing on a fast ferry from Quonset Point to Block Island is slowly becoming a reality and attendees will have the...

THE PROPERTY AT 1538 Center Road in New Shoreham sold for $3.5 million. / COURTESY LILA DELMAN REAL ESTATE

Block Island home sells for $3.5M

Real Estate 09/21/2018

NEW SHOREHAM – The property at 1538 Center Road on Block Island has sold for $3.5 million, Lila Delman Real Estate announced Friday. The 4,159-square-foot...

THURSDAY, at the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and other business community leaders announced WindWinRI. A $100,000 Real Jobs Rhode Island grant, the program is designed to build a workforce pipeline for the wind energy industry among today's high schoolers. BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Governor, Real Jobs RI promote R.I. as home to next-gen wind...

Economic Activity 08/16/2018

NORTH KINGSTOWN – As offshore wind farms begin to pop up along the Eastern Seaboard, Rhode Island – home to the first such alternative...

THE BLOCK ISLAND PROPERTY at 217 Ocean Ave. has sold for $1.02 million. / COURTESY LILA DELMAN REAL ESTATE INTERNATIONAL

Block Island multifamily sells for $1.02M

Real Estate 07/12/2018

NEW SHOREHAM – A multifamily investment property on Block Island sold recently for $1,020,000, according to Lila Delman Real Estate International. The property at 217...

BLOCK ISLAND ranked No. 3 on TripAdvisor's Hottest U.S. Destinations For Summer 2018. / PBN FILE PHOTO/K. CURTIS

TripAdvisor: Block Island ranks No. 3 for hottest summer destinations

Hospitality & Tourism 05/16/2018

NEW SHOREHAM – Block Island was named No. 3 on TripAdvisor Inc.’s Hottest U.S. Destinations For Summer 2018, the travel planning and booking site...

A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT? The proposal by the U.S. Department of the Interior to allow oil and gas drilling on all of the United States’ continental shelf – such as this rig off the coast of Long Beach, Calif. – has brought swift negative reactions, including from Rhode Island officials. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/TIM RUE

Drilling off the coast is not  a good idea for R.I....

Editorials 01/12/2018

When the Trump administration released plans to allow offshore drilling for oil and gas on 90 percent of the United States’ continental shelf, including...

COLLECTIONS OF THE 5 PERCENT Hotel Tax in Rhode Island increased $140,618 year over year to $2.1 million in June. Above, the Omni Providence Hotel, which generated collection of $124,605 in 5 percent hotel tax in June. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE EWENS

State collected $19.6M in 5% hotel tax in fiscal 2017, a...

Economic Activity 10/25/2017

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island collected $19.6 million in 5 percent hotel taxes in fiscal 2017, a year-over-year increase of 1.2 percent, according to data...