Hardwick Elementary students (from left) Kylie Smith, Elliana Drown, Lieland Touchette and Alivia Hall, show their bees that they constructed out of cardboard and will soon paint and decorate for a fifth grade mural on pollinators to be included in the Orleans Southwest Union District (OSSU) for the Arts in Bloom Festival at Highland Center for the Arts May 14. All fourth- to sixth-graders in the OSSU district will present a choral performance and grades four through twelve will display their artwork.
Vanessa Fournier graduated from Hazen Union School in 1973 and went to work taking photos in Bennington, then returned to Hardwick to work for Vin Zecchinelli of Farland Studio for several years. She started her own photo business in 1979. She's been in photography for over 50 years, working for The Hardwick Gazette for 44 years. She retired in 2023 and is still taking pictures for The Gazette because she still loves what she does.
