Craftsbury third and fourth grade students (from left): Asher Jacobs, Jasper Valcour-Greenia, Elise LeBeau, Landen Benoit and Izzy Sorensen, show their cake sculptures they made out of plaster and clay and then painted them as part of the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union Art in Bloom presentation held at the Highland Center for the Arts May 14.
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.
