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02/28/2004
Derderians held not liable for $1-million insurance fine
The
owners of The Station nightclub cannot be held personally liable for a
more than $1-million penalty against their company for failure to carry
workers' compensation insurance, a state hearing officer ruled
yesterday.
02/27/2004
Ruling: Derderians not liable for workers' comp penalty
Updated 4:27 p.m. PROVIDENCE
-- The owners of The Station nightclub cannot be held personally liable
for a more-than-$1-million penalty against the company that owns the
club for failure to carry workers' compensation insurance, a labor
department hearing officer ruled today.
Mass. legislature crafting stricter fire code
BOSTON
(AP) -- More than a year after a Rhode Island nightclub fire killed 100
people, Massachusetts lawmakers moved forward yesterday with
legislation that would toughen sprinkler requirements, increase
inspector training and create strict...
02/26/2004
Mass. moves forward on stricter fire codes
Posted 5:12 p.m. BOSTON
-- More than a year after The Station nightclub fire killed 100 people,
lawmakers here moved forward today with legislation that would toughen
sprinkler requirements, increase inspector training and create strict
penalties for fire code violators.
9 months later, police solve fire victims donation-pail theft
WEST WARWICK -- Last May, someone stole a donation pail
for The Station fire victims from a local convenience store.
02/24/2004
Bill would aid workers hurt on job
One
year after The Station nightclub fire triggered a crackdown on
businesses that fail to purchase mandatory workers' compensation
insurance, lawmakers have introduced 25 bills relating to injured
workers.
02/22/2004
'If someone is . . . drinking their way through, there are better ways'
The wedding of Patsy Taylor's niece triggered it.
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02/21/2004
A day of remembrance
Raymond and Diane Mattera slip quietly into
the church, holding the hand of their 10-year-old grandson, Nathan.
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Memorial services, fundraisers continue
Commemorations of the first anniversary of the Station
fire are being held throughout the state on these dates:
02/20/2004
Quiet pain marks start of fire's one-year anniversary
Posted 1:28 p.m. WEST
WARWICK -- Time hasn't healed the wounds for Shawn and Rebecca Corbett.
It's been one year since their brother, Edward Bradley Corbett III of
West Warwick, died in The Station nightclub fire, and the pain is as
sharp as it was then.
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In R.I., greater fire safety will take more time
PROVIDENCE
-- One year after The Station nightclub fire, is Rhode Island any
safer? Despite few immediate drastic changes, there is more of an
awareness, for example, of fire alarms, sprinklers and escape routes.
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Words of contrition and words of anger
On
the eve of the Station fire anniversary, some people at the heart of
the disaster chose their words, and the way they expressed them to the
public, carefully.
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Agency decides not to delay investigation into fire
The
federal agency investigating The Station nightclub fire announced
yesterday it has rethought its decision to delay completion of the
study until 2005.
State colleges reexamine safety in key buildings
Before
the Station fire claimed 100 lives, the deadliest fire in Rhode Island
history happened in a college dormitory. Ten young women died in 1977
after a fire engulfed Aquinas Hall at Providence College.
Brown archaeologist finds deeper meaning in makeshift memorials
One
day in late June, a neighbor heard a pounding coming from the former
site of The Station nightclub and went to investigate. She found a
woman hammering homemade wooden crosses into the ground.
Skott Greene died -- but his music lives on
A musical collaboration that was halted by The Station fire has been brought to life on CD.
02/19/2004
Reed: NIST shifts priorities to wrap up fire probe
Posted 5:25 p.m. A
federal agency investigating The Station nightclub fire now says its
probe will be completed this year, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced today.
How 3 Providence clubs came up to code
Corrected 10:58 a.m. For
three owners of Providence-area live-music venues closed in the wake of
The Station fire, it's been a difficult, and, in some cases, expensive
year. The shutdowns lasted from a few days to a few months; the cost of
renovation and lost business...
Calendar of anniversary services, benefits
Here are other memorial services and benefits to commemorate the first anniversary of The Station fire:
Station fire victim's play to be performed in Woonsocket
Nick
O'Neill, the youngest victim of the Station fire, will be remembered
tomorrow, the disaster's one-year anniversary, with performance art he
created.
02/18/2004
Lack of funds stalls federal Station fire probe
A
federal agency investigating The Station nightclub fire will not meet
its own April target to finish its probe because it does not have
enough money, according to spokesmen for the agency.
Town prepares for fire ceremony
WEST
WARWICK -- The police are preparing for the possibility that throngs of
visitors -- perhaps more than a thousand -- on Friday evening will
descend on the dirt lot that is all that remains of The Station, to
mark the first anniversary of the...
Calendar of anniversary services, benefits
Memorial
services and benefits to commemorate the first anniversary of The
Station fire are being held throughout the state on these dates:
02/17/2004
Station service features 20,000 paper butterflies
CRANSTON
-- When the call went out two weeks ago to school children for paper
butterflies -- symbols of life-changing transformation -- Karen
Larson's art students at Warwick Veterans High School responded with
personal devotion.
Calendar of anniversary services, benefits
Corrected 11:53 a.m. Memorial
services and benefits to commemorate the first anniversary of The
Station fire are being held throughout the state on these dates:
02/15/2004
Testament: How their lives have changed
A
year has passed since The Station nightclub fire. Journal staff writer
Michael Corkery and photographer Mary Murphy visited with people whose
lives changed on Feb. 20, 2003. They talk about the fire, their pain
and their search for meaning. These are their words.
Fire survivors find kindness, sympathy in case managers
PROVIDENCE
-- The phone rings again in their small, yellow-walled office and this
time Heather Burrell picks it up. She knows the caller's voice
instantly, as he knows hers. They've spoken at least 50 times since the
fire, sharing sadness over his ...
Abbie believed in angels
Abbie Hoisington has no name.
Services and benefits
Memorial
services and benefits to commemorate the first anniversary of The
Station fire are being held throughout the state on these dates:
02/13/2004
Remembrance and service to mark one-year anniversary
The
governor will hold a remembrance at a reception hall, on Thursday, one
day before the first anniversary of The Station fire.
02/11/2004
Cianci lawyer joins Derderian defense
PROVIDENCE
-- Richard M. Egbert, who is considered one of the top criminal defense
lawyers in New England, has joined the team of Rhode Island lawyers
representing Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, the owners of The Station,
who each face 200 counts...
02/10/2004
Egbert added to Station fire defense team
Posted 11:05 a.m. PROVIDENCE
-- One of the top criminal defense lawyers in New England will be
allowed to join the defense team in the Station fire trial, a Superior
Court judge ruled today.
List of events sought for fire commemoration
The Providence Journal will publish a list of events commemorating the first anniversary of The Station nightclub fire.
02/09/2004
Service to mark one-year anniversary of Station fire
Posted 5:25 p.m.
Handmade butterflies and mementoes honoring the 100 people who died in
The Station nightclub fire will be part of a memorial service to mark
the first anniversary of the blaze.
02/06/2004
Egbert seeks to join Derderians' defense
PROVIDENCE
-- Richard M. Egbert, who is considered one of the top criminal defense
lawyers in New England, has filed court papers asking to be allowed to
join the team of Rhode Island lawyers representing Michael and Jeffrey
Derderian, who each...
02/01/2004
Good deed for Station fire victims dissolves into bitter court battle
About
$6,000 raised at a benefit concert last March for victims of the
Station fire is sitting in a Boston bank account, and it doesn't look
as though it's going anywhere soon.
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