Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Lawyers for the Food and Drug Administration and for the State of Vermont meet in federal court in Burlington; state officials call for the demolition of the state-owned DuFreyn Dam across the Battenkill River; a plan to restart a commuter train in Chittenden County has apparently derailed; 18 barns across the state share more than $150,000 in matching funds for repairs and historic preservation; Greg Eckhardt is named Game Warden of the Year; teachers in Alburg won’t go on strike after all.
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