Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz launches a kids’ civics program; Governor Jim Douglas says renewable energy should be aided by incentives, rather than mandates; Peter Clavelle gubernatorial campaign gets a boost from the Vermont Construction and Building Trades Council; Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill on Vermont’s Congressional delegation; the Vermont National Guard recruiting office in Brattleboro is closing due to a lack of business.
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