Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.
Funeral services for Vermont’s latest Iraq war casualty have been set; The fire chief in Barre is crediting quick thinking by a Barre Opera House employee and quick work by firefighters for avoiding what could have been a catastrophic situation; A family is about to move into a new, home in Springfield that’s part of an unusual affordable housing initiative; The Barre granite industry is reaching out to a Winooski cemetery badly damaged by vandals over the weekend.