Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Tomorrow is Primary Election Day and while the turnout is expected to be light the procedure is a bit more complex than usual; local troop support committees are active on behalf of military families whose lives have been disrupted by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the Chamber of Commerce in Mad River Valley says the peak of foliage season will be on October 5, at 8:37 a.m.; Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Clavelle campaigns in Windham County, Governor Jim Douglas has no appearances today.
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