Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Secretary of State Deb Markowitz says there have been no town meetings cancelled due to snow; Ethan Dezotelle of the County Courier in Enosburg says there’s a different pattern of voter concerns in Franklin County this year; towns grapple with the cost of education; seven Vermont legislators have asked New York Governor George Pataki to stop International Paper Company from burning tires as fuel in Ticonderoga; there’s been another skiing fatality in Vermont; a company that that may move into the former Stanley Tools building in Shaftsbury has been issued an Act 250 permit.
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