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Notes from Southern Berkshire Ambulance: January 2026

Most town ambulances are staffed with EMTs. Our paramedic capabilities are one of the most important ways this organization adds value throughout Southern Berkshire County.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Quietly overtaken

Good advice from our Self-Taught Gardener Lee Buttala: Nature renews herself. So can we.

Michael Baier, 78, of Lenox

Michael was one of the most prolific and successful German television scriptwriters.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Cabaret’ at Mac-Haydn is brilliant

Every producer in the region should see this production while they can. In it they will find talent and taste and inspiration. In it they may find future employees and individuals who would enhance their own work and visions.

Hellmut Wohl, 89, of Williamsville, professor of art history

His scholarship focused primarily on early Italian Renaissance and early 20th-century European art, and he curated a number of major exhibitions of contemporary Portuguese artists.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘To Catch a Nazi’ by Kenneth Markel

David Menard’s mission is vengeful and deeply personal and he is finally given every chance to carry it out. The story involves the Israeli Mossad, the CIA and the help of many kindred spirits.

Marianne de Gersdorff, 74, of Alford

In 1993, Marianne fulfilled her long-held dream of becoming an American citizen. Throughout her life, she devoted herself to community activities.

Ruth Anna Ruthel, 91, of Great Barrington

Ruth loved singing in the choir at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. She also served many years as an aide for the Visiting Nurse Association.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘An Unlikely Hero’

"On a Monday morning on the thirtieth day of the inhospitable month of two-faced January, in 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power by the standard process of constitutional democracy." -- from “An Unlikely Hero”
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