Hardwick Elementary students Lilac Dyer (left) and Garrett Devenger (right) study a boar’s skull during last month’s Four Winds unit on Skull Sleuthing. At right is Colton Daigneault. Volunteer instructors Deborah Hartt and Kathy Burnor explained and showed the students how to identify 12 different skulls provided by the Four Winds Nature Institute.
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.
