Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Rep. Gaye Symington has been elected Speaker of the VT House; Waterbury voters will reconsider their approval of a town/village merger when they go to the polls next week; the Governor of NY gives his State of the State message today, the Governors of NH and VT are sworn in tomorrow.
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