Jennifer Gempp News Today

PORTSMOUTH — To the east, on one side of Narragansett Bay, in Bristol, a ferry’s engines thrum. To the west, the sun races for treelines over Warwick and East Greenwich. Nancy Howland is right in the middle of the Bay, on firm soil, behind the wheel of her Ford Ranger.  The 68-year-old is game for sharing a few observations about Prudence Island life during a pandemic year that has brought death, sickness and sweeping change to much of the world. She is grateful: As far as she knows, she ...

With influence of COVID, Prudence Island is seeing signs of change Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal / David DelPoio Passengers — some of them workers commuting — descend the pier after disembarking from the 7:45 a.m. ferry from Bristol to Prudence Island on Thursday. PORTSMOUTH — To the east, on one side of Narragansett Bay, in Bristol, a ferry’s engines thrum. To the west, the sun races for tree lines over Warwick and East Greenwich. Nan...

Prudence Island has resisted change for generations. But things are different in this year of the pandemic.