Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Adjutant General Martha Rainville announces that 200 Vermont Army National Guard members will be mobilization for 18 months as part of the U.S. operations in Iraq; the advocacy group “Justice for Woody” argues that investigators erred in their report on the death of a man killed by Brattleboro police two years ago today; students at Brattleboro High School conclude a series of meetings exploring the future of their mascot; National Republican Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie says Vermont will be competitive in the 2004 election.