Top stories developing acorss the region at the noon hour:
The company that owns Vermont’s high voltage power lines wants to change the route of a major transmission project to avoid neighborhoods and reduce environmental impacts; a lackluster season is prompting Vermont lawmakers to consider giving a $500,000 boost to the state’s ski areas; Melinda Wittstock provides a roundup of the week’s news from Capitol Hill; Vermont mental health organizations are raising the issue today of how Governor Douglas’s budget will affect local services.
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