Here are the top stories at the noon hour.
The polls in Vermont have been open since seven o’clock, and hotly contested races are pushing the turnout up across the state; the test burning of tire-based fuel begins at International Paper’s Ticonderoga plant; the State Fairgrounds in Rutland will not host a snow-cross event next year that has brought millions of dollars into the region over the last five years; police say marijuana grown in Vermont was part of a drug ring that delivered pot to customers’ doors in New York City.