History of Torrington, Connecticut
Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest United States micropolitan area area in the United States.Small-town USA goes micropolitan. 2004. October 18, 2006. . As of the 2000 census, the city population was 35,202, but a July 1, 2004 estimate put the city's population at 36,248.
Torrington is a former mill town, as are most other towns along the Naugatuck River Valley. It is currently competing with the neighboring city of Winsted to recreate a pleasant Main Street environment. Downtown Torrington is home to the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, which trains world-class ballet dancers and whose Company performs in the Warner Theatre, a 1,700 seat auditorium restored in 2002 to its original 1931 glory. The theater, while originally built as a movie theater by the Warner Brothers film studio, has been reborn as a performing arts venue and arts instruction organization, and will serve as a cornerstone of the city's downtown revitalization project.
The daily newspaper in town is The Register Citizen, a Journal Register Company publication. Mary Dempsey is the editor, Albert Yuravich is the city editor and Mike Wollschlager is the sports editor. The Register Citizen serves Torrington and Winsted, in addition to most of the Northwest Corner.
The current mayor of Torrington is 23-year-old Ryan Bingham.
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