OTIS — Registered Democrats in town will be holding a caucus at Town Hall on Friday, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m., to elect two delegates and one alternate to the 2008 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.   Full Story

Visitors craving recreation infuse this small town
It happens every Memorial Day weekend: Otis, a rustic, down-to-earth, tranquil community off the beaten path during the long winter, reawakens for its busy summer season as a prime destination of recreation-oriented visitors and part-time residents. The town is in the heart of the eastern slopes of the Berkshires, an area often referred to as the "Hidden Hills," where   Full Story

Tuesday, May 22 Col. Henry Knox noted in his diary while transporting artillery from the Battle of Ticonderoga to Boston in January 1776 that "10th Jan. — reached (Township) No. 1 after having climbed mountains which we might almost have seen all the Kingdoms of the earth; 11th Jan. — went 12 miles through the Green Woods to Blandford.   Full Story

Tuesday, May 22 Settled: 1735. Incorporated: 1810 (as the town of Otis, formerly Bethlehem and Loudon). Named for: Harrison Gray Otis, speaker of the House of Representatives. Population: 1,365 (2000 U.S. Census); 1,383 (2007 town census); up to 10,000 (summer season, estimated).   Full Story