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HELLO .. I’M BOB WELCH.. MY PLANNED LOOK BACK AT THE EVENTS OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE.. WHICH HIT VERMONT WITH CATASTROPHIC FLOODING 10 SHORT YEARS AGO.. HAS CREATED SUCH INTEREST IN ITS PRODUCTION.. THAT MORE GUESTS HAVE ASKED TO BE ON THE PROGRAM AND I’M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SAY NO TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TELL THEIR STORY.

Coming up for the weekend of Saturday August 14th an chat with Bloomberg Radio & TV reporter and host Alisa Parenti on her new novel, Betrayal, The Ethel Rosenberg Story.    Projects ahead looking for your stories for programs spotlighting the 10th anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene, and the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.  Write me your story: robert.welch0520@gm...

Just myself with you on this Episode 108. From a Rochester, NY to Lower Manhattan... to the Coast of Maine come the week that was for me.   From smog... to supply chain issues... to restaurant waitstaff weighing their options... 

In Season 1, Episode 107  recorded Friday, July 23, 2021 Newport (VT) Daily Express Sports Editor Mike Olmstead and I talk the Olympics, The Montreal Canadiens, and The Boston Red Sox We then discuss Amtrak's return to Vermont post-pandemic and the extension of the Ethan Allen Express from Rutland to Burlington.

On this edition of Bob's World in the Summer   We'll revisit a chat I had with New Jersey based comedienne Monique Latisse which originally took place Thursday, Mar 11, 2021

THAT BLOCKADE ON NOVA SCOTIA’S ROUTE 104 AT THE LINE WITH NEW BRUNSWICK WAS BROKEN UP BY THE MOUNTIES OVERNIGHT… THE NOVA SCOTIA LEGISLATOR WHO WENT ON FACEBOOK ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BLOCK THAT ROAD… SHE’S BEEN KICKED OUT OF HER POLITICAL PARTY  IN NEW YORK.. THE POLICE SAY A FATAL SHOOTING OF A MAN IN HIS BEAMER MIGHT BE PART OF A MANHATTAN MUGGING PATTERN WITH THE NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES S...

CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU SAYS HE WON’T RUSH.. REOPENING THE BORDER WITH THE US INTERPROVINCIAL PROTEST.. CLOSES PART OF THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY IN NOVA SCOTIA AND A VERMONTER HEADS TO THE OLYMPICS A COOL EVENING.. BUT THE HEAT COMES BACK BY THE WEEKEND

I join you from my phone… in the dark

THAT CREEKING YOU HEAR IS CANADA’S DOOR OPENING AS BORDER RESTRICTIONS ARE SLOWLY EASED…. FOR CANADIANS.. FOR NOW. NEW YORK STATE’S DOWNSCALING ITS MASS VACCINATION EFFORTS CONCENTRATING ON PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE STATE WHICH NEED SHOTS METRO-NORTH PLANS TO HAVE UP TO 83% OF ITS PRE-PANDEMIC SCHEDULE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN BY THE FALL.  PLUS…  FIGHTING THE MUGGIES.. THE BIG NUMBER IN ST JO...

THE BORDER STAYS CLOSE TO NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR YET ANOTHER MONTH..  ON THE CITY-BEAT.. A NEW POLL FINDS ERIC ADAMS IN THE LEAD IN THE NEW YORK MAYOR’S RACE LOWER WATER LEVELS ON THE ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY… CAUSED BY DROUGHT ARE EFFECTING SHIPPING.. SUNNY SKIES AT MIDDAY… 73 AT NOON.. GOING UP TO 80 TODAY.  BREAK 1

MASSACHUSETTS’ GOVERNOR BAKER PURSUES PLANS TO SPEND THE BAY STATE’S FEDERAL STIUMULUS MONEY THE UNITED STATES DONATES 1 MILLION MORE COVID VACCINES TO CANADA WITH ONE OF THOSE SHIPMENTS ARRIVING IN TORONTO TODAY.  VERMONT… CLOSES ITS CASE ON A NURSING HOME WHERE A PATIENT SUFFERED MYSTERIOUS INJURIES.  A COOL DAY TODAY… WE HIT 73 IN NORTHEAST VERMONT TODAY. ST JOHNSBURY HAS 71 SUNNY DEG...

NEW HAMPSHIRE’S GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU ANNOUNCES REFORMS AS WE APPROACH THE 2-YEAR ANNEVERSARY OF THE COOS COUNTY CRASH THAT KILLED SEVEN U-S MARINE  ONE PERSON WAS KILLED BY THE FBI AT A HOME IN BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY WHICH WAS CONNECTED WITH A KIDNAPPING CASE IN PHILLY AND A GUY IN BROOKLYN TOSSED HIS WEED OFF AS HE WAS BEING ROBBED… THEN OTHER FOLKS STARTED COLLECTING THE WEED THAT CAME R...

THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES OUTLINE PLANS TO PARTLY RESUME.. WHAT THEY CALL THE ATLANTIC BUBBLE… TERMS BY WHICH THE 4 PROVINCES IN THE REGION ALLOW RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL FREELY BETWEEN THE 4. NEW YORK DROPS COVID RESTRICTIONS TODAY AND GOVERNOR CUOMO HAS ANNOUNCED FIREWORKS AT 9:15 TONIGHT IN THE STATE.. VERMONT’S STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT AND WITH THAT CERTAIN AID FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOM...

ONE NEW YORK CITY AREA HOSPITAL SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYESS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID UNLESS THEY HAVE A VALID EXEPMPTION. MONTREALERS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A BEER ON A TERASSE IN THE CITY.. JUST AS RESTAURANTS WERE ALLOWED TO SERVE OUTDOORS 2 WEEKS AGO. AND TALK ABOUT BUMPING INTO SOMEBODY.. ONE REPORT TODAY OUT OF CAPE COD OF A DIVER.. COLLIDING WITH.. A WHALE. IF YOU HAVE THE SUN TODAY...

THOUSANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY GATHERED IN WORCESTER THIS MORNING FOR THE FUNERAL OF FALLEN WORCESTER OFFICER ENMANUEL MANNY FAMILIA WHO DIED LAST WEEK TRYING TO SAVE A BOY FROM DROWNING OPEN THE BORDER..  THAT’S THE MESSAGE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND REPRESENTATIVES HAVE FOR FEDERAL COUNTERPARTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE U-S CANADA BORDER.  ERIC ADAMS.. THE CANDIDATE WHO SAID...

TONIGHT.. VERMONT COULD DROP ALL PANDEMIC RESTRICTION’S BY WEEK’S END A BUS THAT BASHED INTO A BROWNSTONE IN BROOKLYN IS STILL THERE AND THE DRIVER THAT SOMEHOW GOT IT THERE HAD BAGS BETWEEN HIS LEGS WHILE AT THE WHEEL. AND CASH FOR A COVID SHOT… ONE NOVA SCOTIA UNIVERSITY IS MAKING JUST THAT OFFER IN THE WEATHER.. MY WINDOWS ARE OPEN AT 6 O’CLOCK IN NORTHEAST VERMONT… THE DEWPOINT WHICH WAS 74 AT...

CANADA SITS UP IN DISGUST AFTER A MAN DROVE A BLACK TRUCK INTO 5 PEOPLE.. BECAUSE THEY WERE MUSLIM… AT A LONDON ONTARIO INTERSECTION. THE RISE AND FALL OF MOVIE PASS.. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMISSION DETAILS HOW IT DEFRAUDED PAYING CLIENTS AND LATER.. A COMMENTARY STEMMING FROM OUR TOP STORY.. 

SOMETHING’S RISING IN THE NEWS OVEN TONIGHT AND THAT’S SOMETHING NEW IN THE KOFFEE KUP BAKERY STORY OUT OF VERMONT.  JUST AFTER NEW YORK’S STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAID MASKS WOULD BE OPTIONAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS OF TODAY.. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.. HOLD ON!  IN NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT IT’S PARKWAYS YOU CAN’T GET TAKE YOUR BIG-RIG OR BUS DOWN… IN BOSTON.. IT’S STORROW DRIVE.. AN...

VERMONT OFFERS DOZENS OF WALK-IN COVID-SHOT CLINICS THIS WEEKEND. THE ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL JENNIFER’S LAW PASSES THE CONNECTICUT SENATE AND IT’S ON ITS WAY TO THE HOUSE..  SUMMER STAGE RETURNS TO MANHATTAN’S CENTRAL PARK NEXT MONTH IT WAS SURE WARMER TODAY.. 65 DEGREES IN NORTHEAST VERMONT AND IT’S 10PM.. BOB’S WORLD IS NEXT

NEW YORK’S ELISE STEFANIK CALLS FOR A UNILATERAL EASING OF NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AT THE US SIDE OF THE CANADIAN BORDER IF A BILATERAL DEAL ISN’T REACHED A SECOND MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SCANDAL IN VERMONT’S NORTHEAST KINGDOM REGION REVOLVING AROUND MISUSE OF FOREIGN INVESTORS’ MONEY. AND A VETERANS MEMORIAL IN QUEENS IS DESICRATED WITH GRIFITI JUST TWO DAYS AFTER MEM...

QUEBEC AIMS FOR A NORMAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON BUT TEACHERS WANT TO SEE A PLAN.  NOVA SCOTIA REPORTS TWO COVID RELATED DEATHS AND ITS FIRST CASE OF VACCINE-RELATED BLOOD CLOTTING.  NEW BRUNSWICK PLANS ON OPENING ITS BORDER WITH MAINE COME JULY.. BUT ONLY TO VACCINATED MAINERS.  WEATHER TONIGHT.. NOT BAD..

A MAN CAUGHT ON VIDEO PUNCHING AN ASIAN WOMAN IN AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK IN NEW YORK CITY’S CHINATOWN YESTERDAY.. IS FACING HATE CRIME CHARGES TODAY. NEW YORK’S MIDNIGHT COVID CURFEW FOR BARS AND RESTAURANTS IS OVER.. HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS MARKS 350 YEARS.. A YEAR LATE. WE’RE BACK IN NORTHEAST VERMONT FOR THE WHILE.. HERE IT STARTED OUT DRIZZLY BUT THE SUN’S PEEKING OUT AND IT IS 60 AT HIGH NOON..

Koffee Kup gets bought by New Brunswick's Mrs. Demster's NY State Senators try to write legislation to cut down on dragracing on Upper Broadway and... Today I graduated with an MBA degree from Berkeley College.. at MetLife Stadium Boy was that a travel day.

A JUDGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THROWS OUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ACCUSING DECADES OF ABUSE AT THE STATE’S YOUTH DETENTION CENTER ADVOCATES ARE CRITICIZING HOW LEADERS IN BENNINGTON ARE PROPOSING TO CREATE A POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD. SOMEONE WAS BUSTED AT J-F-K WITH 100S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF COCAINE AND A HANDGUN THE STEAMY AIR HAS COME BACK INTO THE REGION.. TODAY I’M IN NEW YORK WHERE WE HAVE 84 DE...

CANADA OFFICIALLY APOLOGIIZES TO ITALIAN CANADIANS SENT TO INTERNMENT CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO THEY CALLED POLICE ON A 6-YEAR OLD.. NOW SCHOOL LEADERS IN A BOSTON SUBURB ARE SUSPENDING SCHOOL POLICE PROGRAMS.. IN QUEBEC.. TALKS RESUME THIS MORNING AS THE THREAT OF AN INDEFINATE STRIKE LOOMS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE PROVINCE. HIGH IN THE LOW 80S HERE IN NORTHEAST VERMONT .. IN THE MID...