02/28/2006
Status of sprinklers in nightclubs still unknown
PROVIDENCE -- July 1 is supposed to be the date Rhode Island nightclubs become the safest in the nation by installing sprinkler systems as required by laws passed after the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub.
02/25/2006
Station fire recounted on cable TV tomorrow
A documentary on the Discovery Times Channel tomorrow night will recount the Station nightclub fire. The one-hour program is called Decoding Disaster and is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. (Ch. 109 on Full Channel; Ch. 102 on Cox Digital Cable.)
02/20/2006
Club owners issue statement on Station fire's 3rd anniversary
Updated 3:52 p.m.
Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, co-owners of The Station nightclub, have issued the following statement on today's third anniversary of the disastrous fire in West Warwick:
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02/20/2006
Again, they remember
The crowd mingling among the crosses in West Warwick grows smaller every year.
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02/19/2006
Survivor
Gina Gauvin opens her kitchen door to welcome a visitor. She's all smiles and chatter. Fluffy rust-red hair hugs her face, thick, wavy and shoulder-length, her bangs almost obscuring her eyes.
Rhode Island is better prepared for a big fire
CRANSTON -- Three years after the deadliest fire in Rhode Island history illuminated flaws in the state Emergency Management Agency, the new executive director said the agency has fixed many of its problems.
02/18/2006
Band manager to testify against Station owners
PROVIDENCE -- Daniel M. Biechele, the Great White tour manager who set off the pyrotechnics that caused the catastrophic fire at The Station nightclub, will testify as a prosecution witness in the criminal case against the two brothers who owned...
02/16/2006
Station civil lawsuit refiled
PROVIDENCE -- The largest civil lawsuit in the aftermath of the Station nightclub fire was refiled in U.S. District Court late yesterday, adding 25 new victims as plaintiffs and 39 new defendants, including more foam manufacturers, three...
Blood drive slated Sunday
WEST WARWICK -- The Crompton Veterans Organization and the Democratic Town Committee are cosponsoring a blood drive Sunday to coincide with the third anniversary of The Station nightclub fire.
02/15/2006
Station Fire civil lawsuit refiled today
Posted 5:48 p.m.
PROVIDENCE - The largest civil lawsuit in the aftermath of The Station nightclub fire was refiled in U.S. District Court late today, adding 25 new victims as plaintiffs and 39 new defendants, including more foam manufacturers, three additional members of the rock band Great White and West Warwick's building inspector, Stephen D. Murray.
02/13/2006
Events to mark Station fire anniversary
An awards ceremony, a memorial service and a televised play written by a young victim are among the events scheduled to coincide with the third anniversary of The Station nightclub fire.
02/08/2006
Somber admission of guilt
PROVIDENCE -- The man who triggered the Station nightclub fire accepted responsibility yesterday for killing the 100 people who died in the fire three years ago this month.
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02/07/2006
Band manager's guilty plea in Station fire case accepted 
Updated 6:38 p.m.
PROVIDENCE -- A guilty plea by the band manager who shot off the fireworks that ignited the disastrous Station fire was accepted today, drawing to a close at least one chapter in the prosecution of a highly-emotional case that has drawn national attention.
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02/06/2006
Great White plea hearing expected to be low key
PROVIDENCE -- A hearing tomorrow at which Daniel M. Biechele is expected to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter for sparking The Station nightclub fire will mark a dramatic turning point in the case, but the proceeding itself will be fairly...
02/03/2006
Lynch defends plea deal in Station fire case
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said yesterday that arriving at a maximum sentence for the man who sparked the deadly fire at The Station nightclub was trying "to make sense of the nonsensical."
02/01/2006
Band's tour manager to enter guilty plea
PROVIDENCE -- The man who shot off the fireworks that ignited the fire that consumed The Station nightclub and killed 100 people has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and serve up to 10 years in prison, a Superior Court judge...
Some families of victims upset with plea deal
PROVIDENCE -- Eileen DiBonaventura, whose son died in the fire, left the courtroom "disgusted."
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