The Register Citizen won more than a dozen awards last night in the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists annual news reporting contest.

Editor Jordan Fenster took home three awards for his weekly column, including a first place prize for feature column writing.

Reporters Dan Ivers and Ron DeRosa won news reporting honors for their coverage of drug problems in Torrington, "squatters" at a local apartment complex and former Torrington High School Principal John Metallo's lawsuit against the city, among other stories.

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