Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Senator Patrick Leahy is back in Vermont to take up his re-election campaign; Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, will make a campaign stop in Vermont tomorrow; Columbus Day is today; innkeepers and restaurant owners say it’s been a good foliage season; memorial services will be held tomorrow in Burlington for long-time Vermont publisher Proctor Page Junior; gubernatorial candidates are on the campaign trail.
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