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What R.I.’s SBA honorees remind us about America at 250

Commentary 04/07/2026

I am honored to be heading to Washington after being named Rhode Island’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. However, this moment...

MILESTONE: Sisters Marcia, left, and Julie Blount lead the Blount Boats Inc. shipyard in Warren, which was founded by their father and recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Warren shipyard has navigated the waters of boat-building...

Digital Special Editions 11/21/2025

Sisters Marcia and Julie Blount grew up watching their father, Luther Blount, sketch boat designs on napkins. Those sketches became real vessels at Blount...

Meet the Makers: Warren shipyard has navigated the waters of boat-building...

Manufacturing 11/22/2024

(Editor’s note: This is the 27th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

A PRELIMINARY DESIGN for the ferry that Blount Boats will build in conjunction with Elliott Bay Design Group for the Trust for Governors Island. /COURTESY BLOUNT BOATS INC.

Blount Boats lands Governors Island ferry contract

Capital Goods 07/12/2017

WARREN – Blount Boats Inc. was awarded a contract to build a new passenger-only ferry for Governors Island in New York by the Trust...

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