Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Many Vermont real estate professionals are hoping a drop in mortgage interest rates will spur a wave of home buying in early spring. Vermont’s neighbor to the north is celebrating a very big birthday this year. Quebec City is 400. From Washington, this story about the 17th Century French explorer who founded the city, and his legacy on both sides of the US-Canada border. And we listen to the sounds of 2008…