Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Entergy Nuclear executive Jay Thayer leaves his post at Vermont Yankee; Bellows Falls takes up the fluoride debate; ski resorts are closing for the season; Pre-Tech Precision Machining of Williston becomes an employee-owned business; Brig. Gen. Michael Dubie takes over as adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard; Bob Kiss will be sworn in as mayor of Burlington this evening.