Here are the top stories at the noon hour.
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks out on global warming; residents of the Rutland are contemplating a new Mayor for the first time in eight years; the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston says Vermont’s economy should grow modestly this year; Rutland area residents are excited about the prospect of new leadership at City Hall; a 24-year-old Saint Johnsbury man is facing charges he stabbed a woman at the Burke Mountain Ski Area; there will be a public hearing later this week to gather public comment on the second phase of the Bennington Bypass highway project.