
Workers for J. Hutchins Inc. of Richmond paved a half-mile Friday from the North Main Street bridge in Hardwick to just past the Green Mountain Technology and Career Center. The company milled and removed the top two inches of the old pavement the day before.

A half-mile of new asphalt paving was done Friday by J. Hutchins Inc. of Richmond. The top two inches of the old road was ground and removed on Thursday. Paving started at the North Main Street bridge in Hardwick and ended just past the Green Mountain Technology and Career Center.
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.

