Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The Colchester School Board has chosen Armando Vilaseca, who’s been principal of Essex High School, as its new superintendent; administrators at Rutland Regional Medical Center say profits are way up this year; the Springfield High School newspaper has won several student journalism awards, including best overall small paper in the northeastern United States.
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