Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The head of the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington resigns and two top managers are placed on administrative leave; legislative leaders make an important decision about dry cask storage; a federal agency issued a recall seven years ago for the type of vent pipe believed to have contributed to a carbon monoxide death in Burlington this week; a Brookfield mother can’t wait for her daughter to return from a cruise that has seen some rough waters; the New England Carpenters Union holds a grand opening for its training center and union hall in South Burlington; the Vermont Senate postpones discussion of a decrease in the statewide property tax until next week.
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