Top stories developing across the region at the one o’clock hour:
Governor Jim Douglas remains committed to the Circumferential Highway in Chittenden County, despite a court order to halt work on the project; a bill in the Legislature aimed at expanding early education has stalled; the most recent Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that parents aren’t talking to their kids about sex; Santa’s Land USA, a Putney landmark, has new owners.
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