Here are the top stories at the noon hour.
In the campaign for Lieutenant Governor, there’s a challenge for financial disclosure among candidates; the new Canadian government sends a new diplomat to represent Ottowa in New England; on the campaign trail around Vermont, three of the top six contenders are out stumping today; New Englanders breathed a little easier during the summer, according to the Federal government; a Vermont woman has been charged with trying to set a home on fire last week, and police in two states are looking into whether she is responsible for a series of unsolved arsons in Vermont and New Hampshire.