Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Speaker of the House Walter Freed says it’s time to move on; Senator Patrick Leahy is in the middle of a fight in Washington over high gasoline prices; the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury received a significant grant from NASA for programs that develop young scientists; Springfield school officials hope students can return to the Union Street Elementary School on Monday. (To hear the Midday Report, click on the “Listen” icon.)