Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The state’s only nuclear power plant is back on line after a fire last month forced a 19-day shutdown; meanwhile, concerned residents who live near the plant met with the Brattleboro Select Board last night to air concerns over the town’s evacuation plan; New York State Police are investigating whether there’s a connection between a May fire in the northern part of the state and last month’s double fatal arson in Isle La Motte; a Vermont man faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter after a homemade cannon he was operating in Ohio over the weekend exploded; Governor Jim Douglas presented a Community Development Block Grant for $140,000 to the City of Newport today; Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Clavelle will be in Arlington tonight for a town hall meeting on health care.
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