Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A mental health association says that morale at the Vermont State Hospital is low and getting lower; a new poll finds that Americans’ views on gay marriage are similar to those found in recent polling results in Vermont; Shrewsbury looks for ways to preserve and promote its uniqueness; residents of New Haven hold a special town meeting tonight to re-examine the town’s appeal of a Velco electric transmission project.
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