Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Voter Registration across Vermont are now closed; lawyers for the Vermont Democratic Party go to court to stop ads supporting Republican Governor Jim Douglas; first responders endorse Brian Dubie for lieutenant governor; newspapers endorse candidates for state offices; Peter Hall is sworn in as a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals; candidates are on the campaign trail.
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