WNTN in Auburndale

[Doug Drown]

Just curious . . . What does the term "incorporatged village" imply?  I know
such entities exist, but I don't know how they're governed, or even if
they're self-governing within the larger towns of which they are a part.
Can you explain?  -Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
To: <paul@derrynh.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: RE: WNTN in Auburndale


> <<On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:05:34 -0500, "Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@derrynh.net>
said:
>
> > Some villages even become major destination names (EG: The I-89 North
exit
> > off I-93 in Concord lists White River Jct, VT as a desitination, while
WRJ
> > is actually only a village of the town of Hartford VT.)
>
> Actually, it's more than just a village, it's a Village.  (Or at least
> it was when I lived in Vermont.)  Unlike most of the other New England
> states, but like New York and Connecticut, Vermont has incorporated
> villages, and White River Junction was one of those.  (Which is how
> you could get stations licensed to both Hartford and WRJ, for example,
> even though for most purposes these are the same place.)  In
> Connecticut, the "village" level of government is called a borough.
>
> -GAWollman
>