Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Only one bidder has offered to buy the hydroelectric dams on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers; a look back at an intelligence reform bill amendment spearheaded by Senator Jeffords; holiday advice for helping people who’ve lost a loved one; the Vermont Veterans Home deals with an outbreak of a highly contagious stomach virus.
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