
Three hundred thirty-seven tires were counted at the Hardwick Green Up drop-off station Saturday that were brought in from road sides and illegal dumping sites. Volunteers cleaned up many from area back roads. Sunday morning this was the amount around the dumpster.

Ben Morse (left) of Essex Junction and Doug Lounsbury (right) of Moretown, of The Vermont Jeep Association, picked up roadside trash along Woodbury Mountain Road and Buffalo Mountain Road for Green Up Day May 4.
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.

