Robbery at Hometown Sunoco in Swanton, Suspect At Large

A lone male entered Hometown Sunoco at 166 First Street in Swanton and robbed the cashier at gunpoint on early Tuesday morning.

The assailant, described as 5'8'' to 6'00'' tall, escaped on foot with an disclosed amount of cash and items.

No one was injured in the incident.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police in Albans at 802-524-5993 or Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 802-524-2121.

The case is still under investigation and an update will be issued when more information becomes available.

A Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault

ALBANY- Vermont State Police and game wardens are investigating a hunting related shooting in Albany, VT.

Conrad Masse shot his partner Wayne Goff, age of 58, while they were hunting bear together.

Masse opened fire at least three shots. One of the rounds struck the bear, one struck a tree, and one entered Goff, who was in a red and black checkered jacket in in the pelvic area.

Goff was taken to North Country Hospital and transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment and has since been released from the hospital and is in stable condition.

Masse was issued a citation to appear in the Orleans Superior Court on Feb. 28 to answer to the charge of Aggravated Assault.

He was also issued Fish and Game tickets for shooting from the Road, having a loaded rifle in his vehicle and not having proper display of permits for the bear hounds.

Blog Critique !

I went through some of my favourite Chinese bloggers' websites, but unfortunately, some are blocked or the websites are distorted. Then I thought of one of my American friends, who is now in China, blogging regularly. It will be a good choice for me to critique.
Here is the link:

http://jian4feng1.livejournal.com/

My friend's name is Jianfeng, I don't really know his English name. The most important reason why I like it is because it depicts life in China from an American angle, like food.

 He is now in Sichuan Province, where my mom is from. Food in that province is the spiciest in China. As a saying goes, Sichuanese are afraid that their food is not spicy enough.

Also, my friend is learning Chinese, sometimes he would post in Chinese and I will pick errors from the posts. Besides Chinese, he is learning Chinese martial arts, which has a long history in China. In conclusion, there are a lot of Chinese culture in the blog by his observation, which is main factor that attracts me.

What I dislike about the blog is that it has too many ads on it. This blog has categories on the right side, like food, martial arts, Chinese, etc. Each time when you click it, relative posts will turn up, which is a good setting, but each category has its ads, which are a little bit annoying.

It's updated about twice a month, not very often, but at leas, it's not dead. Like most blogs, it has pictures together with text, but no videos. It doesn't have too many comments under each post, because not many people know it. It's just like a diary things to keep things happened around when he is in China.