Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas, top Legislative Democrats and officials from the AARP launch Vermont’s new prescription drug re-importation program; the former head of Fletcher Allen Health Care is in federal court for sentencing on charges he misled state regulators about the true cost of an expansion project; the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation lifts a burn ban; a look back at the ski and maple seasons; construction begins on a new bridge in Hartland.
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