Following in the wake of Astro Movers of New England that moved Sherman School out of its temporary home at the former Gorton Junior High School and back into Sherman, the school department custodial … more

Oakland Beach School is moving out of Oakland Beach next year. For the 2023-24 academic year, the school  will be housed at the former Gorton Ju8nior High School which also serves as school … more

Greenwood residents conducted a cleanup Saturday around Gorton’s Pond. They found no shortage of litter from Dunkin Donuts cups, beer bottles, a plethora of nip bottles and even a few fishing … more

By JOHN HOWELL Sooner than first thought possible, Sherman Elementary School students - more than 300 of them - started their first day of in-person classes at the former Gorton Junior High School on Thursday. The transition wasn't without issues, more

Almost kid ready Classrooms that once housed high school students and than junior high school students will soon become the temporarily home for Sherman School. Seventeen rooms that were converted to administrative offices when Gorton Junior High more

Genesis of a group Friends of Gorton Pond held their inaugural event Saturday with a cleanup, registration and survey. Organizer Christine Kellerman was encouraged by the turnout, reporting that all those taking the survey favored reopening the pond more

Christine Kellerman has lived across the street from Gorton Pond since 2006. Since then she said that the area has been “let go,” physically, especially since swimming … more

Join members and friends of the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society on Monday, Jan. 18, to meet Elder John Gorton, who led the East Greenwich Baptist church for 39 years, from 1753 to his death in 1792. The program's speaker, Cherry Fletcher more