Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The state is launching a $15,000 ad campaign to encourage seatbelt use; revisions to Act 60 have led to the passage of a lot of school budgets, but the fix may be temporary; Senator Patrick Leahy has harsh words for Republican staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee; an Ohio man pleads innocent to vandalism charges at the Fairbanks Museum; hazardous material crews are cleaning up a fuel oil spill in Guilford.
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