Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Lu Ann Dillon is the new deputy secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development; Congressman Bernie Sanders secures funding for Meals on Wheels and Governor Jim Douglas packages food at the Vermont FoodBank kitchen; River Steward David Deen looks after the tributaries of the Connecticut River; a citizens’ group in the Adirondacks wants the state to demolish two water towers; schools reopen in Vergennes after an unexpected closure yesterday.
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