Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A former top official at Fletcher Allen Health Care has pleaded guilty to misleading state regulators over the true cost of a huge hospital expansion project; candidates for auditor debate impartiality; the Marlboro school board accepts a round of state-generated pilot tests to be given this month; the Sugarbush Chamber of Commerce says peak foliage has hit the Mad River Valley; the leading candidates for governor debated this morning in Randolph and will meet again tonight in South Burlington.
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