Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A new law to control racial harassment in schools was signed this morning in Montpelier; there’s a new teaching tool at the Burlington Technical Center’s aviation program, based at the Burlington International Airport; the border between the United States and Canada is losing some of its markers; President Bush’s re-election campaign opens a headquarters on Elm Street in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire this evening.
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