Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour: Sad news out of Barre today with the deaths of three children; change is likely in the rules managing Vermont’s deer herd; key lawmakers push forward on the storage of nuclear waste at Vermont Yankee; the Friends of Mississquoi Bay will hold a second annual gathering this evening to advocate for cleaning up the northeast arm of Lake Champlain.
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