Fountain In Vernon's Henry Park Now Running For The Season

VERNON, CT — The fountain has been activated at Henry Park just in time for this weekend.

And the button works again.

The fountain is a replica of the Fox Hill Tower up the hill. It sits inside a playground next to the tennis courts and the Parks and Recreation offices.

For years, the manual button functioned inconsistently and the fountain was turned on an off from the rec building. Officials would have fun telling children is was activated on the intercom.

But it's now operable manually.

To get the water going, children and parents just have top just press the green button on the side of the fountain and water will squirt from several outlets. The water stops after a few minutes. Pressing the button again will cause a slight delay until the system resets and begins squirting water again.