Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas’ top aides take up their new assignments in the cabinet; ski resorts hope this week’s snow will save the season; a so-called “Peeping Tom” bill wins preliminary approval in the Vermont Senate; an old school building in Bennington finds a new purpose; a memorial service is planned for folk singer Rachel Bissex who died of cancer on Monday at age 48.
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