Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Senator Patrick Leahy co-sponsors the Open Government Act with a conservative Republican; the Burlington Coast Guard station sees a sharp increase in ice rescue calls; on Tuesday night, a spirited crowd of hunters told the Fish and Wildlife Board they want changes in the state’s deer hunting regulations; Senator Jim Jeffords’ office says he has yet to get a response from the letter he wrote to New York Governor George Pataki about the International Paper Company’s test burn of tire chips.
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