Torrington News Archives

A Litchfield County marketer with exclusive rights to manufacture certain Michael Jackson memorabilia was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for dodging taxes and hiding money from the IRS .

Remember the ad that suggested "Sometimes you feel like a nut." That's exactly how I feel each time I attend "The Rocky Horror Show," and, honestly, I don't feel the least bit compromised as a critic joining in with the crazed cult followers of this raunchy entertainment.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Warner Theatre on 2009-10-27.   On Saturday, Nov.

Government Announcements Submitted by Office of Congressman John B. Larson on 2009-10-23.   CT-U.S. Congressman John B. Larson will host a public forum on the state of our nation's health care system at Northwestern Connecticut Community College on Sunday, Oct.

Junot Diaz , who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," will speak and take questions Friday at 6 p.m. in the atrium of the Hartford Public Library.

The following trips are being planned by Our Lady of Victory Social Group: Wednesday, Oct.

Two people are in critical condition at Hartford Hospital after being involved in a head-on crash about 11 a.m. Tuesday on Route 202 in New Hartford, state police said.

Matt Pagano. The Northwest Corner's 6th Annual "Tour of the Litchfield Hills" Cycling Tour held August 2recently donated $88,000 raised at this year's event to The Center for Cancer Care Fund, Inc.

Historically, nursing did not have a formalized process for yearly competencies.

The Governor says the $220,000 research project, which is only half-way done, is money well spent.

A public document released Tuesday contradicts Gov. M. Jodi Rell 's claim that her office last year rejected the idea of doing a publicly funded poll as part of a now-controversial study by a UConn professor.

Joan Stolicny of Torrington is a recent octogenarian and a retired high school art teacher who earned her master's degree with a study of Connecticut's rustic beauty, including numerous paintings of lily pads, roaring brooks and rock walls.

A 35-year-old Torrington man was killed Saturday afternoon after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding on Route 72 near Exit 7, state police said.

The recession has left the state's food banks unprepared for the upcoming holidays, so people throughout Connecticut are being asked to deliver non-perishable items to fire houses across the state in a "Day of Caring and Compassion" on Nov.

The Westport Fire Department is among a small number of Connecticut fire departments participating in a food drive organized by Governor M. Jodi Rell aimed at filling the shelves of the state's food pantries.

Upon entering the city via Route 8, you'll probably see an empty parking lot, but in a little over a year, this parking lot will be filled with cars and a 1930's old Diner, which was left abandoned for about 10 years.

Submitted by Tricia Poirier on 2009-10-07.   Finished your cancer treatment? What's next? The Center For Cancer Care and The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Department have developed a new "Healthy Lifestyle" exercise and nutrition program designed for cancer patients and survivors in northwest Connecticut.

The Bake Shoppe's 70th anniversary. Submitted by John Parent on 2009-10-05.   Please join us in celebrating The Bake Shoppe's 70th anniversary, Saturday, Oct.

It's the idea that on the Internet, the cream rises to the top. The masses will always gravitate toward finding the diamond in the rough.

Submitted by Jessica Marini on 2009-10-02.   October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Susan B. Anthony Project will be holding their 21st Annual Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday, Oct.

Submitted by Warner Theatre on 2009-09-30.   Considered one of Verdi's greatest accomplishments, Rigoletto will be shown in HD with digital surround sound at the Warner Theatre's, Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

Submitted by Warner Theatre on 2009-09-30.   On Saturday, Oct. 3 at 3 p.m., CT Ballet will present "Peter and the Wolf & Goose Pimples" at the Warner Theatre.