Top stories developing at the noon hour:
South Burlington bans smoking in bars and restaurants; the Select Board in Springfield has dropped the idea of establishing a curfew for the town’s young people; Green Mountain College has joined the Eco League, a new consortium of small, environmentally focused colleges; Eye on the Sky weatherman Mark Breen says snow in May doesn’t happen every year, but it’s not rare; state etymologist Jon Turmel says black fly season is upon us; A former worker at Southeastern Health Care and Rehabilitative Services in Wilmington has been convicted of Medicaid fraud.
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