Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Gubernatorial challenger Peter Clavelle says incumbent Jim Douglas hasn’t acted to improve Vermont health care system; the VPIRG wants the Kellogg’s cereal company to withdraw boxes of cereal containing a Spider-Man toy that has a mercury battery;, a spat between the Dorset Select Board and the town’s clerk has spilled out into public view; Vermont National Guard updates the number of soldiers currently deployed.
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