2026 UConn Football Spring Game conflicts with Opening Day for Fishing.

[Palatine]

Rockville is a historic village and census-designated place located within the town of Vernon, Connecticut. Though it was once an independent city and a world-class center for textile manufacturing, it consolidated with Vernon in 1965.

This is not unusual in Connecticut. Storrs is a village in Mansfield. Hazardville is a village in Enfield.

 

[Waquoit]

I believe that was Jay Black and the Americans - cara mia

And Nikolai Volkoff

 

[Griggs]

Rockville is a historic village and census-designated place located within the town of Vernon, Connecticut. Though it was once an independent city and a world-class center for textile manufacturing, it consolidated with Vernon in 1965.

This is not unusual in Connecticut. Storrs is a village in Mansfield. Hazardville is a village in Enfield.

And if you are in Huntington, you are a resident of the city of Shelton.

 

[DW1361]

Bill Romanowski was from Rockville wasn't he?

No, I believe he lived in Vernon. Rockville is a section “town of” Vernon. He went to Rockville High. I grew up in Rockville just down the street from the Gene Pitney home. Rockville is mostly the poorer side of Vernon. I was embarrassed to admit to being from Rockville, but looking back at it now living next to Henry Park was a great place to grow up.

 

[CCSUblue]

No, I believe he lived in Vernon. Rockville is a section “town of” Vernon. He went to Rockville High. I grew up in Rockville just down the street from the Gene Pitney home. Rockville is mostly the poorer side of Vernon. I was embarrassed to admit to being from Rockville, but looking back at it now living next to Henry Park was a great place to grow up.

For what it's worth, in CT many "vills" are the poorer section of town because they were the company town. Think Collinsville for the Collins Company. Or Terryville for the Eli Terry Company. Or Tariffville for the Tariff Manufacturing Company. This not a hard rule by any means, but many "vills" were company towns.

 

[Purple Stein]

For what it's worth, in CT many "vills" are the poorer section of town because they were the company town. Think Collinsville for the Collins Company. Or Terryville for the Eli Terry Company. Or Tariffville for the Tariff Manufacturing Company. This not a hard rule by any means, but many "vills" were company towns.

Didn't know this!

 

[Waquoit]

No, I believe he lived in Vernon. Rockville is a section “town of” Vernon. He went to Rockville High. I grew up in Rockville just down the street from the Gene Pitney home. Rockville is mostly the poorer side of Vernon.

That's Johnny Rivers

 

[BlueandOG]

And if you are in Huntington, you are a resident of the city of Shelton.

And you should be a patron of Porky's in downtown.

 

[Alum86]

And God forbid you find yourself in Union City, where would you be?

 

[CCSUblue]

And God forbid you find yourself in Union City, where would you be?

Funny enough, in a borough.

 

[Windham4th]

Funny enough, in a borough.

I thought that's where hobbits lived?

 

[Palatine]

Key Characteristics of Connecticut Villages

• No Legal Status: Most villages are unincorporated communities that have no separate legal or corporate existence from the town they are in.
• Informal Boundaries: While they may be recognized by local signage or historical markers, their "boundaries" are often fuzzy or defined only for specific purposes like zip codes, post office names, or census-designated places (CDPs).
• Taxing and Special Districts: Some villages may have defined boundaries for limited functional purposes, such as a special taxing district, volunteer fire department, or historic district.
• Overlap: Because they lack rigid legal borders, a village can actually span multiple towns. For example, Mystic is a village located within boh the towns of Groton and Stonington.

 

[mikedog10]

Growing up in Vernon, Rockville was regarded as the rough side of town. At one point the textile mills were world renowned, but that area was a dump for a long time… it’s finally been getting fixed up a bit in recent years. Bill Romonowski stopped by RHS a couple times when I was there, he had provided most of the funding for our field’s lights and I still have his signature laying around somewhere. Nobody really cared about gene Pitney bring being a trivia fact.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Growing up in Vernon, Rockville was regarded as the rough side of town. At one point the textile mills were world renowned, but that area was a dump for a long time… it’s finally been getting fixed up a bit in recent years. Bill Romonowski stopped by RHS a couple times when I was there, he had provided most of the funding for our field’s lights and I still have his signature laying around somewhere. Nobody really cared about gene Pitney bring being a trivia fact.

As the youngest of four kids I was able to claim only living in Vernon since my parents had moved out of the Rockville section of town before I was born.
But we were zoned for Rockville Little League out of Henry Park and not Vernon Luttle League. I was on the Vernon Shamrocks for youth football back when Vernon had three teams playing at Legion Field.

 

[JVN]

And let's not forget Connecticut's boroughs.

 

[Waquoit]

Now this is news I can use.

 

[Waquoit]

Nobody really cared about gene Pitney bring being a trivia fact.

That's how tough Rockville is. It's a town without pity.

 

[mikedog10]

As the youngest of four kids I was able to claim only living in Vernon since my parents had moved out of the Rockville section of town before I was born.
But we were zoned for Rockville Little League out of Henry Park and not Vernon Luttle League. I was on the Vernon Shamrocks for youth football back when Vernon had three teams playing at Legion Field.

I played in Vernon, but Rockville consistently had more of the better players in town. Interleague play was heated, there were like 8 teams in each league. Now I believe they are down to one league in town with much fewer teams.

 

[Waquoit]

On one hand, I feel kinda guilty about hijacking the Spring Game thread with fishing in Vernon/Rockville. OTOH, I am enjoying the heck out of it. For some reason, the spring game on the first day of fishing season has bugged me for decades. But I don't fish and I'll be there +3.