Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Howard Dean gives a speech tomorrow in Washington in which he’ll outline his vision for how the Democrats could rebound from their presidential defeat; the first cases of flu are reported in Vermont; executives at the Vermont State Fair in Rutland are feuding in public over who’s to control the annual event; Bennington schools deal with corrective action for low test scores; Green Mountain Gringo Salsa in Chester has been sold and its operations are moving to North Carolina; the Vermont Watercolor Association has a reception in the state’s Pavilion office building.
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