Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A bridge linking New York and Vermont reopens to traffic after being shut down over the weekend when a five-inch gap formed on its deck; a Sunderland effort to exempt the town’s serving soldiers from local property taxes runs afoul of state law; Dr. Judith Ramaley lectures tonight at Marlboro College on the role of science in education and civic life; the 71st annual Farm Show opens tomorrow in Barre; Northfield seeks an entertainment coordinator for its popular Labor Day festivities.
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