What the Legislature was interested in back in 1995 was that we need an organization that's going to think ahead 10, 15, 20 years, and look at what our economy is going to look like in the future.

The jobs fund acts as a conduit and a catalyst for sustainable development initiatives in the state.

Especially in a state that is so rural, like Vermont, in order to compete in the global marketplace, in order to be able to sell as many of their products locally, it's a very useful strategy to have businesses come together in the form of a business network, or an association.

The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns.

In her experience, there were only two kinds of guys: the ones into sports and the ones into video gaming. It seemed guys had to be obsessed with something, whether it was watching a game or playing in it or keeping some weird collection related to it.

He was like her favorite type of candy, she realized, a bit sour at first but all sweetness in the long run. Admittedly . . . that tartness was part of the allure all along.