Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Peter Clavelle spells out his differences with Jim Douglas, whom he’s trying to replace as governor; a group of Vermonters whose employees serve in the National Guard begin a three-day visit to a Virginia military base; a Cabot farmer is going to court on charges of animal cruelty; Jack Green is named the Transportation Agency’s employee of the year.
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