
Four Winds volunteer instructor Kathy Burnor (left) shows Hardwick Elementary students (from left) Allie Foster, Ronald Brooks and Isbella Trejo how to identify different animal skulls by their head size and teeth during a unit on skull sleuthing. All K-4 classes have a different unit through Four Winds Nature Institute every month.
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.

