Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas announces $3 million in state community development grants to nine Vermont communities; Vermont leaders are active in retaining two-year limit on National Guard activation; the town of Rockingham is opposing a proposed cell-phone tower in Springfield; new efforts in Rutland may be curbing prescription fraud and abuse; long-time Windsor High School principal Ronald Torrey has died; ski areas welcome the return of cold weather on one of the biggest holiday weekends.
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