Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Eighteen Vermonters are in attendance at the Republican National Convention; Governor Jim Douglas signed an executive order this morning creating an entity that manages child care and early education in Vermont; Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle is campaigning Rutland; the sales and use taxes that reflect Vermont’s tourism seem to be holding steady, despite a rainy summer; a Brattleboro a committee begins a study of whether the community should have a civilian board to review the police department; Senator Patrick Leahy tour flood damage in Addison County.
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