Otis News

As if they didn't already have millions of reasons to smile, the U.S. Senate just gave the 102nd Intelligence Wing $12.8 million more.

There have been no breaks in the investigation into who killed Otis, the West Gloucester Labrador retriever found dead near his Bray Street home in September.

They sliced a ribbon on a temporary building, put shovels to dirt for a new one and busted through the concrete of a 1950s-era building with an excavator - all in the span of 20 minutes.

The Massachusetts Adult Immunization Coalition offers a Web site - flu.masspro.org - with times and locations of flu vaccine clinics.

More than two inches of rain pelted much of the county Saturday night, resulting in the flooding of some areas, mostly in North and Central Berkshire County.

Three people were treated at area hospitals following a three-car accident that happened around 12:50 p.m. Sunday on Russell Road.

Town officials are once again looking at the potential of wind as a way to save money and create alternative energy sources.

The owners of a Rottweiler that was banished from town after it bit a man have yet to decide what to do with their pet.

A slew of goodies for fans of Star Trek old and new arrive on Blu-ray this week.

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Roberta Sarnacki has lived in town for 25 years. Now she gets a chance to work there as well, having become the town's first female police chief.

After touring a massive wind turbine overlooking the Berkshire Hills on Wednesday, Gov.

Work has begun on the new $3.6 million Montessori school building at 21 Patterson Road in Lenox Dale, according to school officials.

Common sense and years of experience tell us that the seasons progress at the same rate every year.

Gail Palmer offers this tribute to her close friend Joan DeLevie with the support of the Otis Cultural Council.

In about the late 1600's, people came from the south, west and east to settle Berkshire County, which was incorporated in 1761.

It's 22,000 acres that answers to many names, but for Ray Bortz of North Falmouth it will always be Otis.

Susan Burt is the incoming principal at Robert T. Capeless Elementary School. She will take over for Mary Ellen Trumbull, one of several administrators to leave the school system recently.

For Miriam Foster of New York City, graduating from Williams College with a bachelor's degree in art on Sunday was surreal.

After approving three Proposition 2 1/2 tax override measures totaling $256,000 last year, Otis faces a more cost conscious budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Town meeting voters on Tuesday night will be asked to approve nearly $4.3 million in expenditures for fiscal 2010, that will not "significantly increase" property tax bills ...