Bob's World

ALL SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES PLUS NEW YORK HAVE PAUSED COVID-SHOTS FROM JOHNSON AND JOHNSON. HOW ARE TOURIST-BASED ECONOMIES PLANNING ON HANDLING THIS SUMMER.. ONE SPOT IN FOCUS TODAY.. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND WHAT SOME CANADIANS ARE DOING TO GET AROUND THE MANDITORY 3-DAY HOTEL ISOLATION STAY UPON RETURNING TO CANADA THESE DAYS. IT STARTED IN THE 30S THIS MORNING BUT WE’RE UP TO 63 UNDER SUNNY SKI...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD The manhunt for one of Vermont’s most notorious criminals enters its fourth day MONTREAL POLICE ARREST SEVEN PEOPLE AS RIOTERS SMASH WINDOWS AND SET FIRES IN OLD MONTREAL IN PROTEST OF COVID-RESTRICTIONS GOVERNOR CUOMO SETS ASIDE COVID SHOTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.. WEATHER… THE MIDWEEK LOOKS GREAT.. LESS CAN BE SAID FOR FRIDAY BOB’S WORLD IS NEXT

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD STEP ONE IN VERMONT’S REOPENING PLAN… EXECUTED DARTMOUTH’S MED SCHOOL DEAN SAYS THERE’S AN EXAM SCAM OFF CAMPUS… BECAUSE THAT’S HOW THE KIDS ARE TAKING THEIR CLOSED BOOK EXAMS…. WHILE PEEKING AT THEIR BOOKS NEW YORKERS.. MAKE SURE YOUR E-ZPASS IS MOUNTED CORRECTLY… ‘CAUSE THERE’S A FEE FOR THAT… AND INCREASED TOLLS ON SUNDAY ON SOME OFTHE MTA’S BRIDGES AND TUNNELS WEATHER...

Still feeling the side effects of my first 1 Moderna shot... So this one is a shorter episode Story 1. Ontario imposes a stay-at-home order starting today, April 8 Story 2. Quebecers living in Red or Orange zones could be fined if they move into a section of their own province designated as Yellow or Green Story 3. A Westchester County, NY pharmacy is being investigated after it allegedly charged...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD VERMONT’S GOVERNOR SCOTT SAYS… EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL IN THE STATE BY THE 4TH OF JULY.. -- A southwest Nova Scotia lobster pound is facing charges of allegedly importing live lobster from the U.S. and exporting it to foreign markets as a ‘Product of Canada’. AND YOURS TRULY GETS HIS MODERNA VACCINE… AND WAKES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TH...

Our usual Friday guest Mike Olmstead asked me a question.. "Have you ever been to Niagara Falls?"  Oh yes I have. My story dates to Summer 1991... and just needed to be recalled.

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN PROVIDENCE SAY A FORMER BOOKKEEPER AT A RHODE ISLAND LAWFIRM WHO MADE OFF WITH 3-QUARTERS OF A MILLION WILL BE SPENDING THE NEXT 5 YEARS THE CLINK A GYM IN QUEBEC CITY GETS SHUT DOWN TO FURTHER NOTICE AFTER HEALTH AUTHORITIES SPOTTED LAX HEALTH MEASURES AND MEMBERS CONNECTED TO COVID-OUTBREAKS AT MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF AREA BUSINESSES. IF YOU’VE GOT...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD RHODE ISLAND REPORTS COVID CASES AND HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS ARE UP  IN VERMONT THE VACCINATION PROGRAM EXPANDS TO MORE PHARMACIES.. AS MORE PEOPLE BECOME ELEGIBLE FOR THE SHOT. IN NEW YORK CITY.. THE MTA SAYS FULL SERVICE WILL BE RESTORED SHORTLY ON THE C AND F TRAINS… YOU MAY RECALL THE TRANSIT WORKERS UNION FILED A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AT THE TIME OF THE CUTS LAST...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD ALL NEW YORKERS AGED 30 AND UP ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID VACCINE STARTING TOMRROW…. VACCINATION RAMPS UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THOSE 40 AND UP..  .. WHILE THOSE IN WASHINGTON ARE WARNING OF INCREASING NUMBERS OF THOSE DIAGNOSED.. AND AN OTTAWA-BASED CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER SAYS THE SPRAWLING 10-WEEK ELECTION IN THE PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR.. COULD WIND UP IN COUR...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD  A FORMER CONTRACTOR IN MAINE’S MID-COAST IS INDICTED FOR STEALING NEARLY 500-GRAND FROM CUSTOMERS A BOSTON-AREA FAMILY’S CAR WAS STOLEN FROM THE LOT OF THE AUDI DEALERSHIP IT WAS BEING SERVICED AT. AND AN 18-YEAR OLD DRIVER LED POLICE ON A CHASE THROUGH NEW YORK’S ORANGE COUNTY THAT HIT NEARLY 150 MILES AN HOUR. VARIOUS WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD NEW HAMPSHIRE MAPS OUT IT’S COVID VACCINATION TIMELINE MASSACHUSETTS GRANTS DELAYS TO FULL-TIME IN-PERSON LEARNING TO THE CITIES OF WORCESTER AND BOSTON CONNECTICUT’S ATTORNEY GENERAL AND NEW HAVEN CITY LEADERS WILL CONVENE TODAY TO ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN BIAS ATTACKS.  IT’S A GREAT DAY OUT THERE… TO GET OUT INTO THE SUN… COULD HIT 70 EVEN HERE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VERM...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD FIREFIGHTERS FROM 2 COUNTRIES SAVE 3 PEOPLE TRAPPED ON DRIFTING ICE...  AUTHORITIES IN ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TRAPPED FIREFIGHTER IN THAT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FIRE THERE WHICH MADE NATIONAL NEWS..  AND AMTRAK COULD BE ROLLING AGAIN IN AND OUT OF VERMONT… REAL SOON…  IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY TODAY AND WE DIDN’T GET INTO THE UPPER 60S LIK...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD VERMONT’S GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT SAYS 5-THOUSAND MORE COVID SHOTS ARE HEADED OUR WAY.. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S GOVERNOR SUNUNU SAYS A MASS VACCINATION DRIVE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SPEEDWAY IN LOUDON THIS WEEKEND AND OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS IN NOVA SCOTIA ARE FRUSTRATED THE NEIGHBORS IN NEW BRUNSWICK STILL HAVE TIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON GOING BACK AND FORTH.. EVEN IF YOU LIVE RIGHT ON THE L...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD THIS MONDAY POLICE IN CENTRAL VERMONT ARE LOOKING FOR A NORTHFIELD TEEN WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER. THEY BELIEVE HE’S STILL IN THE AREA. A SEVENTH MANHATTAN SCHOOL HAS GOTTEN SUSPECT MAIL WITH WHITE POWDER INSIDE PANDEMIC FATIGUE?  WE KNOW IT EXISTS AND WE’VE LIKELY ALL HAD IT TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER… THE WEATHER’S GREAT.. IT’S IN THE 60S.. A LITTLE COOLER ON THE CAPE T...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD VERMONT’S GOVERNOR SCOTT RAMPS UP THE VACCINATION SCHEDULE FOR ALL VERMONTERS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS… OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK CITY  SAY A 22-YEAR-OLD ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT WHO WAS MISTAKENLY RELEASED FROM RIKERS ISLAND DUE TO A CLERICAL ERROR IS BACK IN CUSTODY A SUNNY BUT COLD FRIDAY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT… BUT WE’VE GOT MUCH WARMER OVER THE WEEKEND.. WE COULD HIT 6...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD THE FEDS SAY A LONG-ISLAND RAILROAD SIGNALMAN WAS ARRESTED TODAY FOR LYING IN A REPORT ABOUT INSPECTING A SECTION OF RAIL.. THAT LED TO A DERAILMENT IN 2019 AUTHORITIES SAY THE CAR BELONGING TO A MISSING MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN WOUND UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  SO YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PERHAPS A BOTTLE OF RED.. OR A BOTTLE OF WHITE…  A TRUCK HAULING A LOAD OF IT TOOK A SPILL ON T...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 2021… GOOD EVENING I’M BOB WELCH AND WELCOME TO THIS LATE AND ABREVIATED EDITION ON ST-PATRICK’S DAY

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD CONNECTICUT SAYS ANY ADULT RESIDENT CAN SCHEDULE A COVID SHOT STARTING APRIL 5TH VERMONT’S GOVERNOR EXPECTS ALL VERMONTERS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SHOT COME THE END OF APRIL. THE HEAD OF MAINE’S TOURISM ASSOCIATION SAYS IT IS PREPARING FOR A BUSY SUMMER  TEENS TONIGHT IN NORTHEAST VERMONT.. MID 20S ON THE SOUTHERN MAINE COAST.. LOW 30S ON NEW ENGLAND’S SOUTH COAST..

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD RHODE ISLAND LOOSENS COVID RESTRICTIONS ON RESTAURANTS AND BARS NEW YORK’S CUOMO SAYS HECK NO! I WON’T GO! AND IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN… TURN YOUR CLOCK AHEAD ONE HOUR BEFORE GOING TO BED SATURDAY NIGHT.. AND THAT MEANS IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR ANOTHER DICSSCUSSION… ABOUT WHY WE JOCKEY CLOCKS EACH SPRING AND FALL IN THE FIRST PLACE PLUS BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY.. MIKE OL...

GOOD MORNING..  I’M BOB WELCH..  COMING UP ON BOB’S WORLD AN AIDE TO NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.. SAYS HE GROPED HER… AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE IN ALBANY.  BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV HAS FILED A LAWSUIT OVER HIS TREATMENT AT A SUPERMAX PRISON. AND A SPECIAL GUEST… PATTERSON, NEW JERSEY BASED COMEDIENNE MONIQUE LATISSE AND HER STORY OF THE YEAR THAT WAS COVID. ANOTHER WARM DAY...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR TO THE DATE THAT MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE COMMONWEALTH BECAUSE OF COVID-19… HOW SOON WILL IT BE LIFTED.. WITH CASES ON THE DECLINE AND VACCINATIONS ON THE RISE AS VERMONT VACCINATES ITS RESIDENTS.. DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE RATES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE REST OF THE POPULATION ARE STARTING TO BE NOTICED…...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD LAWYERS DEFENDING THE FORMER UPS STORE IN NEWPORT AGAINST CHARGES THEY FLOUTED VERMONT’S MASK MANDATE…. USE DOUBT OVER WHETHER MASKS ACTUALLY WORK.. AS THEIR ARGUMENT. A HOUSE IN  LIVERMORE FALLS, MAINE WAS THE SCENE OF A HOME INVASION WHICH LATER TURNED INTO A STANDOFF  THAT LASTED NEARLY 24 HOURS AND A FORMER NYPD… WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO PLANNING A MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT TO...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD THIS MONDAY IF YOU FELT SOMETHING GO BOOM JUST AFTER 5-30 LAST NIGHT.. YOU’RE NOT ALONE. TURNS OUT IT WAS A METEOR.. WE’LL HAVE DETAILS.. A NEW STUDY SAYS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR THOUSANDS OF CAPE COD RESIDENTS HAS ELEVATED LEVELS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS. AND GRANDPARENTS.. IF YOU’VE BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID.. YOU CAN COME SEE YOUR GRANDKIDS AGAIN.. EVEN...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD A MIDTOWN MANHATTAN CAR WRECK SENDS VEHICLES FLYING INTO A FRUIT STAND AND AN OUTDOOR ON-STREET DINING AREA. TWO CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE 7 PEOPLE INJURED. MAINE DROPS QUARANTINE REQUREMENTS FROM OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES.. AND AS IT’S FRIDAY..   MIKE OLMSTEAD SPORTS EDITOR OF THE NEWPORT DAILY EXPRESS BOB’S WORLD IS NEXT

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD THE MAN IN CHARGE OF VERMONT’S PRISONS CALLS A COVID OUTBREAK IN NEWPORT’S PRISON… A CRISIS DISCIPLINARY RECORDS FOR MORE THAN 83,000 ACTIVE AND RETIRED COPS WERE POSTED ONLINE BY NEW YORK’S CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD TODAY — WITH THOUSANDS MORE SET TO BE MADE PUBLIC SOON BY THE NYPD.  AND TENSE MOMENTS ON THE HIGH SEAS OFF NOVA SCOTIA AS RESCUE CREWS FROM CANADA AND...