Marissa Vigevani (right), NBC 5 Meteorologist, interacts with some Hardwick Elementary School students and teachers during the live weather broadcast held at the school on February 23.
NBC 5 Meteorologist Marissa Vigevani (center) interviews Ethan LaRose (right) and other Hardwick Elementary School students, (from left) Ty Billings, Ryan Holbrook, Emmett Rowell, Annabelle Putvain, Estella Foster and Ella Drown, during a live weather broadcast held at school February 23. Vigevani and cameraman James Sarfaty travel once a week to a different school throughout Vermont and New York in the Channel 5 First Warning Weather Lab van to do their Weather at Your School program as part of their live early morning broadcasts.
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.
