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 SAYING… THIS LOOKS LIKE A STRAIGHT UP ROBBERY CREW.

THE BILL IS 850 DOLLARS… THAT’S WHAT VERMONT WANTS FROM THAT NEWPORT SHOPKEEPER WHO LOST HIS UPS STORE FRANCHISE.. IT WAS ALL OVER BEING DEFIANT OVER THE STATE’S MASK MANDATE.  

A SLIGHTLY WARMER DAY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT 77 IN ST JOHNSBURY AT 5 O’CLOCK.. DOWN TO 45 TONIGHT. 

AT THE NOVA SCOTIA.. NEW BRUNSWICK LINE.. TENSIONS.. TURNED UP TO 11.. AS THE MAIN HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE TWO PROVINCES CONTINUES TO BE BLOCKED BY DOZENS OF PROTESTERS MAD OVER CONTINUING COVID RESTRICTIONS SET BY NOVA SCOTIA.

NEARLY 560-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FEDERAL COVID CASH IS GOING TO TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

IN NEW YORK CITY’S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR MAYOR…  ERIC ADAMS HAS A FRAGILE LEAD AS THE CITY WITNESSES ITS FIRST RANKED CHOICE ELECTION

AND A BENEFIT CONCERT… FOR ONE OF OUR FELLOW BROADCASTERS… 

NO UNCOMFORTABLE HUMIDITY AT ALL… AND 62 IN ST JOHNSBURY AT THE NOON HOUR. 

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

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 JOHNSBURY IS   88  GOING DOWN TO 65 TONIGHT.. BUT FIRST.. WE’VE GOT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

IT’S ALSO LALO SCHIFRIN’S BIRTHDAY… HE COMPOSED THIS MUSIC. BOB’S WORLD IS NEXT. 

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 DEGREES AT 7 O’CLOCK AND GETS AN OVERNIGHT LOW OF 43 TONIGHT