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JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD AT VERMONT TOWN MEETINGS YESTERDAY.. VOTERS IN TOWNS FROM ALL OVER APPROVED LOCAL POT SALES UNDER VERMONT’S NEW MARIJUANA LAW Summit Natural Gas of Maine WITHDRAWS plans to expand MID-COAST MAINE AND OFFICE-REAL ESTATE… IN A POST-COVID WORLD… AFTER GETTING THE BUSINESS-END OF OLD MAN WINTER’S CANE YESTERDAY.. COMPLETE WITH A FLASH-FREEZE A FEW DAYS AGO… SOME OF US OF WARM...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD VERMONT’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS 100-THOUSAND VERMONTERS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR COVID-SHOT BROOKLYN PROSECUTORS SAY AN EX-CON ACCUSED OF STABBING A GOOD SAMARITAN TO DEATH WITH A SCREWDRIVER HAD THE HELP OF 10 OTHERS AS HE ROBBED AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEN IN THE OUTER BOROUGH NEW JERSEY’S TAKING SMITH-AND-WESSON TO COURT OVER A TV AD FOR ONE OF IT’S PRODUCTS. PORCH PIRATES GOT Y...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD THIS MONDAY IT’S TOWN MEETING DAY IN VERMONT TOMORROW AND THAT MEANS A NUMBER OF BIG BALLOT ITEMS IN CITIES AND TOWNS FROM THE CONNECTICUT RIVER TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN.. ALSO.. A HOTLY CONTESTED BURLINGTON MAYORAL RACE. THE DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA WANTS ITS MEMBERS TO FIND SOMETHING OTHER THAN PALM OIL TO FOR THEIR COWS… IT’S MAKING THE BUTTER HARDER THAN IT SHOULD BE.  SEVEN...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD CONNECTICUT WILL SOONS SWITCH TO AN AGE-BASED VACCINE ELEGIBILITY BECAUSE THEY’VE GOT 30,000 DOSES OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S VACCINE ON THE WAY. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT’S STARTING TO TEST ITS STUDENTS TWICE A WEEK FOR COVID.. AND MASSACHUSETTS IS STARTING TO OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT. THEIR GOVERNOR VISITED A HIGH SCHOOL POOL TODAY TO VIEW A TESTING SYSTEM BEING SET UP THERE. A...

GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD YOU’RE ESTIMATED WAIT TIME IS 50-THOUSAND MINUTES.. THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE IN MASS ARE GETTING WHEN THEY LOG ONTO THE COVID SHOT WEBSITE.. THE STATE OF VERMONT’S CRACKING DOWN ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.. NYPD RELEASE VIDEO TODAY OF A COLD-HEARTED CUSTOMER CHUCKING COFFEE AT A BRONX BUS DRIVER.. ALSO… WE’RE DOING BOB’S WORLD EARLY TODAY.. SO WE CAN LIST...

JUST AHEAD ON BOB’S WORLD… TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED TODAY AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.. A 40-YEAR OLD ELECTRONICS STORY WENT OUT LIKE A LIGHTBULB LAST NIGHT. AND TWO ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS STEP DOWN FROM MONTREAL’S NEW LIGHT-RAIL PROJECT..

A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE MURDER OF A YALE GRAD STUDENT NOW STANDS ACCUSED OF STEALING AN UNMARKED VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP. A BANK OUT OF BUFFALO IS BUYING.. PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK. THE F-D-A SAYS.. UPDATED VACCINES FOR COVID WILL NEED TO UNDERGO LESS TESTING BEFORE APPROVAL.

HEADLINES A COLORADO WOMAN SUSTAINS SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER CRASHING HER RENTED SNOWMOBILE INTO A NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE RIVER… IF YOU WEAR GLASSES INSTEAD OF CONTACT LENSES, A NEW STUDY OUT OF INDIA SUGGESTS.. YOU’RE LESS LIKELY TO GET COVID. AND THE BOSTON CALLING MUSIC FESTIVAL IS CANCELLED  WEATHER TEASE.. IT’S BEEN A SNOWY DAY SO FAR. AFTER STARING OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS MORNING WE...

IN THE HEADLINES… VAX INSANITY… MASSACHUSETTS’ VACCINE SIGN-UP WEBSITE CRASHES, DASHING HOPES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEWLY ELIGIBLE BAY STATE RESIDENTS A MECHANIC JUST 25 YEARS OLD WAS CRUSHED TODAY BY THE VERY ELEVATOR HE WAS TRYING TO FIX IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN NEW YORK’S BRONX BOROUGH…  TWO TRAVELLERS HAVE BEEN FINED BY CANADA FOR PRESENTING "FALSE OR MISLEADING" COVID-19 TESTS UPON THEIR...

IN THE HEADLINES…   GET YOUR BIG JAB AT THE BIG O… MONTREAL’S OLYMPIC STADIUM .. OUTFITTED AS A MASS-VACCINATION CLINIC IN THE COMING WEEKS.. HOW ABOUT AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT VIRAL OUTBREAK?  A HARVARD EPIDEMIOLOGIST IS ON THAT.  LIVE IN ONE OF THE BOSTON AREA’S SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITIES BETWEEN THE HUB.. AND CAPE COD…AND ARE WONDERING WHERE YOUR AMAZON PACKAGE WENT TO....

PRESSURE INTENSIFIES IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR K-THROUGH-12 TEACHERS TO BE MOVED UP THE COVID VACCINATION LINE. IT’S A COMPONENT OF COVID IN KIDS. IT’S CALLED MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME.. AND IT’S GOT DOCTORS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS CONCERNED. CHARGES AGAINST THE WOMAN DUBBED THE CENTRAL PARK KAREN…WHO CALLED NYPD ON A BLACK MAN… BACK LAST MAY… HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT.  AND A POT-LOVING GEORG...

COMING UP… SNOW.. SNOW.. SNOW.. I HOPE YOU DON’T NEED A TOW. HAVE YOU GOT YOUR BREAD, EGGS, AND MILK YET?  THE SUBWAY IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.. IS GOING TO WAKE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT WEEK  A FORMER FBI AGENT CONVICTED OF HELPING OUT THE LATE BOSTON MOB BOSS WHITEY BULGER COULD BE RELEASED FROM A FLORIDA PRISON..  AND NO ICE.. IS SAFE ICE…  A MAN FELL THROUGH YESTERDAY...

IN THE HEADLINES TODAY MASSACHUSETTS UNVEILS A NEW COVID VACCINE WEBSITE  A CRITICAL CARE DOCTOR WORKING OUTSIDE TORONTO.. IS WARNING OF A THIRD WAVE OF COVID TO HIT CANADA.  AND     WE’RE HAVING A CHAT WITH MIKE OLMSTEAD… THE SPORTS EDITOR AT THE NEWPORT DAILY EXPRESS HERE IN VERMONT .. AND THAT WILL BE AFTER OUR SECOND BREAK… AFTER OUR THIRD BREAK.. THE NYPD HAD TO CORRAL SOME HORSING AROUND IN...

IN THE HEADLINES… AN 8-YEAR OLD GIRL FELL OFF A CHAIRLIFT AT SUGARLOAF IN MAINE… SHE’S IN THE HOSPITAL TODAY..  A SOFTWARE ENGINEER IS SUING WAYFAIR… BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T GET HIM JUST WHAT HE NEEDED… WHICH WAS A WORK-LIFE BALANCE DURING COVID. CANADA’S CENTRAL BANK IS DEVELOPING… A DIGITAL… LOONIE AND NEAR THE END.. THE RETURN OF A CAT WHO TRAVELED 600 MILES… OVER FOUR YEARS.. AND IS NOW BACK...

IN THE HEADLINES… MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM GALVIN WANTS TO TALK TO THE INVESTOR KNOWN AS ROARING KITTY… ABOUT HIS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GAINS ON HIS GAMESTOP STOCK…  HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MASS MUTUAL… BUT WAS HIS ONLINE ACTIVITY A HOBBY.. OR SOMETHING ELSE? ANDREW YANG… ONCE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT… HAS A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD IN THE RACE FOR NEW YORK MAYOR.. ACCORDING TO A...

IN THE HEADLINES… VERMONT PRIDES ITSELF SO MUCH ON THE RITUAL OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY CALLED TOWN MEETING… THERE’S A DAY ON THE CALENDAR ESPRESSLY FOR IT… ALMOST 3 QUARTERS OVER VERMONT’S TOWNS ARE SENDING OUT BALLOTS INSTEAD THIS YEAR. IN QUEBEC… PREVENTION PROGRAMS ARE BEING SIDETRACKED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.. WE’LL RUN DOWN HOW… LATER.. THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS… THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS....

IN THE HEADLINES… A NEW REPORT SUGGESTS MORE OF US ARE GRAPPLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMID COVID.. HINTS THAT A NEW AMAZON FACILITY WILL SPRING UP IN RHODE ISLAND AND THE SNOWY BLAST SOME OF US IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST GOT YESTERDAY… IS NAILING NOVA SCOTIA TODAY…  Plus... Dallas residents on the look out for a crow named Onyx... and the case of the millon-dollar lottery ticket.. stuffed in...

GOOD EVENING IT’S 28 DEGREES AT 7 O’CLOCK IN ST JOHNSBURY, VT… FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH I’M BOB WELCH AND WELCOME … TO MY WORLD… HEADLINES… VERMONT OFFICIALS HAVE HAD TO RESPOND TO 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS DURING VIRTUAL CALLS THIS WEEK… WHICH INVOLVED EITHER A RACIAL SLUR.. OR QUESTIONING THE VALDIDITY OF SOMEONE’S IDENTITY. IN QUEBEC… THE ERA OF BUILDING ENORMOUS HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING STATIONS...

Bob's World for Thursday, Feb 4 2021 IN THE HEADLINES…  ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM ALL BUT 3 STATES HAVE HAMMERED OUT A SETTLEMENT WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM MCKINSEY & COMPANY ABOUT THEIR PROMOTION OF OPIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE SETTLEMENT’S WORTH MILLIONS. SMALL TOWNS.. LIKE GREENSBORO, VERMONT AND..SHORT-TERM RENTALS LIKE AIRBNB AND HOW TO HAVE THE RIGHT BALANCE..  THE MASSACHUSETTS...

Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021 Turbines try to harness the tide that waits for no man The United States' most-easterly city... wants a new city manager.. Urban renewal without the gentrification and how Newark, NJ is trying to do it. This Date in History.. You may not know the name Sidney Unobskey but you know his work.

Bob's World for Tuesday February 2nd 2021 One Vermont waste management district cries foul over the Vermont AG's settlement with another.. and it's all over glass that wasn't recycled. Doing donuts on a parking lot next to the water during a snowstorm? Bad decision. And commentary on cutbacks at Canada's Bell Media... which have essentially shut down both the CFRB Newsroom in Toronto and the CJAD...

People are driving long distances within states.. to get COVID shots from the Maine Coast to Long Island.. The area around Fenway Park's getting a makeover. The Globe & Mail's European bureau chief says the people who get hurt most from stories like Game Stop... aren't hedge fund people... it's pension funds. And a library book gets turned in 82 years after it was checked out.. in Sydney Cape...

Was the Mass Gov listening to this broadcast when I suggested the open a phone line for seniors to get COVID shots?  They did just that! Vermont loses over 800 Moderna vaccines due to the freezer being off by 1 degree GM says the internal combustion engine's days... are numbered Remembering Challenger..

Bay Staters logon to get their COVID shot Your pooch might've decended from Siberia Stocks that soar like eagles that aren't worth all that much Bob describes a math problem. And a guy from Long Island finds his high school class ring.. 11 years after he lost it. Remember the TalkBack line is lonely... but can be rung 24/7  802-467-0-212   

Do curfew's work? Why are our least adept at technology being asked to use it... to register for a COVID vaccine? Plus all the news that caught my eye today.