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Torrington road closed after car hits telephone pole
Part of Forest Street in Torrington is closed after someone hit a telephone pole and took off this evening. The section of Forest Street between Migeon Avenue and Forest Court was affected. Eversource is on the scene repairing the damage, but there is no word on when the road will reopen. Police are still investigating the incident and have asked…
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Burr Pond State Park in Torrington reopens
A state park in Torrington has reopened after storm damage closed it for hours on Tuesday. The damage was impacting Burr Pond State Park, according to the state Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection. The park was closed in the morning, but has since reopened. The damage happened after there were strong winds across the state on Monday. The winds…
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Fire damages home, causes deck collapse in Torrington
A fire damaged a Torrington home and caused the deck to collapse on Monday night. The home on Auburn Way appears to have significant damage to the second floor and the roof. According to dispatchers, the deck of the home collapsed. All of the residents of the home were able to get out. No injuries were reported. The cause of…
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Man found dead at pond in Torrington
The body of a 35-year-old man was found at a pond in Torrington on Tuesday night. Environmental Conservation Police Officers with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to Stillwater Pond State Park around 5:30 p.m. to investigate a death, according to the department. Officials said firefighters were also called to help police with the recovery of a…
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State trooper involved in Torrington car crash. It's the third time this week
An investigation is underway after a state trooper was involved in a car crash in Torrington Wednesday night. It’s the third time this week that a state police trooper was hit – once in Meriden and the other time in Waterford. In both of those instances, the officers were taken to the hospital. Connecticut State Police said they responded to…
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Family escapes early morning house fire in Torrington
A family escaped a house fire in Torrington early Friday morning. The fire broke out in a home on Hoffman Street just after 2 a.m., according to fire officials. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire coming from one side of the house on the second and third floors, Torrington’s fire chief said. There were three adults and two...
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CT LIVE!: Holiday Classics Performed by the Torrington High School String Quartet
The string quartet performed a medley of holiday favorites.
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CT LIVE!: Christmas Carols Performed by the Torrington High School Choir
The choir performed holiday classics.
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Torrington approves church opening overflow shelter
The City of Torrington gave the go ahead Wednesday for an overflow homeless shelter to open at a church.
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Torrington approves church opening overflow shelter
The City of Torrington gave the go ahead Wednesday for an overflow homeless shelter to open at a church. At Trinity Episcopal Church in Torrington, plans were drawn up to open a cold weather emergency homeless shelter. “Homelessness is an issue that anybody at anytime can face and we need to do better for our neighbors,” said Sarah Toomey, a…
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The search is on for Torrington cold weather homeless shelter
After a five-hour public hearing, plans to open a temporary shelter at a local church were rejected. Now. another church is hoping to get approval.
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Advocates continue search for cold weather homeless shelter location in Torrington
The public is invited to weigh in on a proposal to open a cold weather homeless shelter inside a Torrington church. The special meeting of the city’s planning and zoning commission comes days after plans to open the shelter in a different Torrington church were rejected. Northwest Hills Community Church was hoping to host the overflow homeless shelter for...
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Student arrested for threatening to bring bomb to school in Torrington: PD
A middle schooler has been arrested after allegedly threatening to bring a bomb to school on Thursday, police said. Authorities said they were made aware of an email that was sent out to other middle schoolers about a student bringing a bomb to school. Investigators eventually located the kid who sent the message after hacking into another student’s email....
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Suspects in Torrington home invasion hit officer, tried to steal cruiser: police
A police officer is recovering after two men who are suspected in a home invasion in Torrington last week hit him with a stolen car and then tried to steal his police vehicle, according to police. The police department received a call on Friday around 7:15 p.m. from someone who reported that two men wearing ski masks entered his garage…
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Police cruiser struck during suspicious incident in Torrington
A police cruiser was struck during a suspicious incident in Torrington on Friday night and two men have been arrested in connection to the incident. Officers were called to Notting Hill Gate around 7:15 p.m. after getting a complaint about a suspicious person. The caller said two men were seen walking into a garage. It was reported that the two…
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Army-Navy game balls make their way through Connecticut
Midshipmen from Annapolis and Cadets from West Point are running game balls from their service academies to Gillette Stadium for this weekend’s Army-Navy game and both groups are passing through Connecticut on their journies.
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Army, Navy runners trek through CT with game footballs on journey to Gillette
Ahead of the 124th Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium, runners from both academies are trekking several states on foot with the game footballs in hand. It’s a tradition dating back to the 1980s called running the ball, and a portion of both the Army and Navy marathon teams’ routes will run through the state of Connecticut. Army cadets started...
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‘It's maddening': Torrington woman pressing bank to pay her after certificates of deposit discovery
A Torrington couple found decades-old certificates of deposit potentially worth thousands of dollars, but the bank doesn’t see the value in the paperwork they found.
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‘Reimagining Empathy' conference to be held in Torrington
A conference aimed at preventing more opioid tragedies will be held in Torrington on Thursday.
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Torrington veteran receives free new roof
On the heels of Veterans Day, a local U.S. Marine Corps veteran is feeling the love. Gary Sherwood received a new roof on his Torrington home on Monday at no cost. “I feel blessed,” said Sherwood. Gary and his wife Laura said it felt like they won the lottery. After a year filled with health challenges, a new roof...