Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
UVM gets $1.6 million through Senator Jeffords for advanced research projects; officials in the town of Putney are praising the effectiveness of the town’s emergency response plan after a chemical gas release on Friday; Howard Dean discusses how he hopes to use his new Democracy for America organization to influence the 2004 general elections; “Way to Go Week” encourages people to get around without a car.
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