The boy told officers he had just stepped off his school bus at the intersection of Liberty Street and Wildwood Avenue on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., when a man in a dark green van started following him.

According to police, the driver rolled down the passenger side window down and told the boy to “get in the car.”

When the boy refused, the man pulled ahead of the boy, drove the van up on a curb to cut him off, opened the passenger door and grabbed the boy’s wrist. The boy was able to escape and run home.

The suspect is described as a white man with short red hair, sideburns and stubble, thirty to forty years old and wearing jeans and a dark blue polo shirt.

Police say the van may have tinted or darkened out back windows and that the van may be a Toyota Sienna.

According to Braintree Dept. Police Chief Russell Jenkins, officers are increasing patrols around elementary and middle schools and detectives will be patrolling in unmarked vehicles.

Police do not believe there is any connection between the incident and an incident last week in Whitman.

Disclaimer: Please note I purchased these e-liquids with my own hard earned cash.  As a result, this review reflects my honest opinion. All of my e-liquid reviews are based on my use of a 900 mah eGo style passthrough battery and a 2.5-2.9 Ohm Vision eGo clearomizer (aka the Stardust). It is important to remember that the vaping experience for any e-liquid is subjective and will depend on the person and their PV setup.

Flavours:  Green Van & Sweet Smarts
Maker:  Mister-E-Liquid
Nicotine Level: 18 mg
Base: 67/33 Mister-E-Liquid Custom Blend PG/VG
Supplier: Vapour Hut
Size & Price: 10ml – £4.99 (3 x 10 ml bottles for £3.99 each)
Juice type: Premium

These e-liquids were the first purchases I have made from Vapour Hut and I have to say I was really impressed with the service. I ordered these at around 10pm and received an email around midnight telling me my order had been processed and was about to be shipped. Posted next day and arrived with me the morning after, nothing to complain about there!. The Mister-E-Liquids are produced in the US and sold by arrangement with vapourhut here in the UK. At the moment the range available at vapourhut does not include all of those available direct from the US, nor are a range of nicotine levels or PG/VG ratios available. Thankfully for me I typically vape 18mg, so this was not a problem. In terms of packaging the bottles had toxic warnings and child safety caps, but lacked a tactile hazard sticker or an ingredients list.

So what are they like?

Green Van

The wintergreen bush

I was immediately tempted by the name and image for this liquid – what the hell is Green Van? Turns out the name is just taken

from its two flavours WinterGREEN and VANilla. Vapourhut’s description of this liquid is: “This is a smooth and flavorful vape.  Vanilla and Wintergreen mixed together brings forth the “Green Van”.  It tastes kind of like chewing gum“. Ok, so I knew I liked vanilla, but had no idea what wintergreen was. A quick search of wikipedia enlightened me; a North American shrub that’s berries and oil have a “minty” smell and flavour and are used in a wide range of foodstuffs and medicinal applications. Opening the bottle the main smell I got was of the vanilla, with a slight minty hint. So what is it actually like? Well if truth be told I have not really enjoyed vaping this one. As the website says this is a smooth and flavourful vape, it is a very ‘clean’ tasting liquid which certainly tastes of vanilla, but it is dominated by the wintergreen. The wintergreen to me is somewhat medicinal in smell and taste (it reminds me of the muscle rub I used to use when I played rugby…). Vapour production is great and there is a fair throat hit and I really want to like this juice as I can tell it is a quality product. I just can’t get on with the wintergreen flavour. If you know, and like wintergreen, then definitely give this a try.

Sweet Smarts

Fizzy, sherberty goodness!

So, this flavour was the one that made me hit the checkout button at vapourhut. Described as their  ”take on the classic Refreshers candy” it is exactly what they say. The main smell you get on opening the bottle is the raspberry flavouring with a citrus hint. The vape? Well, like the green van, you can really tell that this is a high quality liquid, the flavours are really well-balanced, raspberry, lemon, lime and orange all present in just the right amounts. What is really nice is the sherbert like fizz that there seems to be in the taste too; it makes this e-liquid very moreish. The vapour production is really good, large amounts but it doesn’t linger like some e-liquids that are heavier on the VG in their mix. The throat hit is surprisingly strong too. I wonder if it is partly as a result of the citrus favours? This juice is surprisingly good as a daytime vape, it gives a good kick, has a pleasant smell (so you can vape it in the office with no complaints!) and lacks any kind of sweetness that could become sickly. I was impressed with this one and am likely to order more in the future.

So all in all, the Mister-E-Liquids at vapour hut seem a really good range of liquids the flavours are something different to the standard range of fruits or tobaccos that many vendors stock therefore worth a look. I do like the Sweet Smarts, but purely on a personal level the Green Van is not for me. However, I would be keen to try others in the range, particularly if the vendor looked at offering the same reduced pricing for bottles of different flavours as they do for multiple buys of the same liquid. It’s a mister-e why I didn’t try these sooner! (apologies – bad pun…)

Cheers,

DocVape

Sweet smarts is definitely one of my all-day-vapes!

Last month, The Society artist Tim Krause joined us for an interview about what it’s like being an artist in Oklahoma.

Krause works with a group of artists in a shared art space in The Plaza District.

He’s the second artist from The Society we’ve had in the van.

We are very much looking forward to more.

Here’s his interview on Vimeo if that’s your thing.

By Gary Hartley

The recession has hit most people, but with around up to 100,000 construction jobs likely to be lost as industry output drops by 5%, tradespeople may justifiably feel particularly worried.

But there is much talk of green jobs at the moment. Many new companies are springing up on the back of Feed-in Tariffs, offering ‘rent-a-roof’ solar deals. And, with even local authorities increasingly looking at microgeneration options for their housing stock, is the ‘white van man’ finding himself in the midst of a sustainable makeover?

Some of our recent surveys around making home alterations have produced interesting insights into what householders expect from builders – none less than the fact that, when looking for a builder, 56% of people would prefer one who would give them energy efficiency advice and fit the best products.

When refurbishing their home, 62% of people would like their builder to suggest ways of making it more energy efficient at the same time.

As it now seems like a good time for those in the trades to swot up on the installation of green measures, we are helping out. The housing professionals area of our website accounts for over a third of our business ‘hits’ and is constantly updated with new information and explanations of new building regulations. We’re also working with the trades to review qualifications around building treatments, air-tightness and under-floor insulation.

And now to the van itself. Last year, the Department for Transport launched the first van CO₂ database, so the discerning van driver can cross-check emissions across the entire range of models.

The greenest of the green need look no further than Coventry-based Modec – the world’s first manufacturer of purpose-built zero-emission vehicles – who claim that their electric vehicles save approximately nine tonnes of CO₂ per year when replacing a traditional diesel van, with a fuel cost equivalent of only five pence per mile, compared to 23 pence for a diesel van.

Not the petrol-guzzling behemoth we’ve come to expect, then!

This growing interest in the greener things in life may not be what some people expect from our white van cadre, but it’s just one indicator of why the stereotype of tradesmen as reactionary female-driver-botherers might need to go the same way as your old G-rated boiler.

Recent research commissioned by Aviva and conducted by OnePoll showed that seven out of ten white van men keep up with political developments, and half are always reading a book, compared to just 10% of sports car drivers – and most bikers admitted they loathe both politics and reading.

Behold, the White Van Enlightenment is upon us. Rumours of a spike in sales of emerald-toned commercial vehicles are yet to be confirmed.