Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Some communities are holding Town Meeting on Monday rather than Tuesday; Marlboro discusses the town evacuation plan; thirteen historic preservation grants were announced today (see list below); Governor Jim Douglas is spending most of the day visiting businesses in the Springfield area.
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Historic Preservation Grants
Sudbury Meeting House, Sudbury – $15,000 for steeple restoration
Baptist Building, Fairfax – $15,000 for slate roof replacement
Village Foot Bridge, Northfield – $15,000 for structural repair
Grand Isle Lake House, Grand Isle – $10,200 for porch, foundation repair
Wallingford Town Hall, Wallingford – $10,000 for window restoration
Shard Villa, Salisbury – $15,000 for stone repointing
Old Meetinghouse, Sheffield – $950 for sill and clapboard repair
Lunenburg Town Hall, Lunenburg – $10,000 for foundation repair
Union Christian Church, Plymouth – $12,150 for roof replacement
Middlebury United Methodist Church, Middlebury – $15,000 for trim and repointing
Windsor Public Library, Windsor – $12,500 for chimney and repointing
First Baptist Church, Manchester Center – $15,000 for roof and structure repair
South Vermont Recreation Center, Springfield – $15,000 for roof replacement
$160,800 Total