To stop Torrington transfer station sale, officials seek public control

To stop Torrington transfer station sale, officials seek public control

A group of Torrington-area lawmakers seeking to maintain public control over a local transfer station have pitched a new idea to keep the facility out of the hands of a private trash-hauler: giving it away. The effort, put forward this month as part of a recently filed land-conveyance bill, would force Connecticut’s Department of Administrative Services to hand over ownership of the Torrington transfer station to the Northwest Resource Recovery …