PITTSFIELD - A North Adams woman has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a local woman two years ago.
Dawn Cote, 42, of Liberty Street was arraigned Thursday in Berkshire Superior Court. She had not-guilty pleas entered on her behalf for single counts of manslaughter and of distribution of fentanyl.
Cote allegedly sold fentanyl, a potent painkiller, to 32-year-old Carlen Robinson of North Adams sometime in the three days before Robinson's death on Nov. 11, 2005. Robinson allegedly died from a fentanyl overdose, say prosecutors.
The investigation was conducted by members of the North Adams Police Department and state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office.
Cote was released on personal recognizance by Judge Daniel Ford.
A Pittsfield man also was arraigned Thursday before Ford.
Lucas S. Marion, 18, of East New Lenox Road, had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two counts of dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of sexual conduct and 23 counts of possesion of visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct.
Ford released him on personal recognizance.
It is alleged that Marion possessed and distributed child pornography in Pittsfield between May 17, 2005, and July 26, 2007.
The investigation was conducted by state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office.
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Dalton ZBA OKs Gas Station Appeal
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Zoning Board of Appeals gave Lipton Properties the green light to reopen 630 Main St. as a gas station.
The location has been an automotive repair shop, Miller's Service, for several decades until its owner, Darren Miller, sold it to Lipton Properties in February 2024 for $500,000. It had been a gas station dating back to the 1930s prior to that.
Lipton Properties agreed to purchase the property provided the environment was in good condition, and the garage lifts and unused underground tanks were removed, said Michael Lipton, president of Lipton Inc.
The tanks had to be removed to comply with the state Department of Environmental Protection's requirements. The agreement also included Lipton's intention to later install new tanks in the same location as the removed ones.
With this approval, Lipton can now continue with his plans to invest approximately $3 million to revitalize and modernize the property to reopen it as a convenience store and gas station.
The town's zoning enforcement officer previously denied Lipton's zoning use with an opinion citing the proposed use for "bulk storage and/or sale of petroleum products" are not allowed in a B-2 zoning district and "gas station" is not a recognized use.
The property had been a Mobil gas station and service station for decades, known as Culverwell's Mobil station for nearly 30 years until it was demolished and the current structure built in 1970 as Dalton Mobil. Mobil's request to demolish it and build a larger station and canopy was rejected in 1990. Miller purchased the property in 1996.
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