Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch says it was unconscionable for a Claremont company to lay off 120 workers just before Christmas; Vermont will challenge an Environmental Protection Agency decision on auto emission standards; Jay Peak President Bill Stenger is praising a move by Congress to delay by a year the need for a passport to enter the United States from Canada; With four days to go until Christmas, pre-cut Christmas trees are suddenly at a premium in the Barre-Montpelier area; and a Duxbury woman is $200,000 richer, before taxes, of course.