Tuesday, October 7 NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.   Full Story

Tuesday, October 7 Thrill Bennington, Thrill the World Thrill The World is a worldwide simultaneous dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Thousands of people in cities will learn the "Thriller" dance and perform it together on Thrill the World Day, the weekend before Halloween. All official Thrill the World events are included in the numbers for setting and breaking world records.   Full Story

Tuesday, October 7 STAMFORD — Energy, and how to both conserve it and create it, was the subject of the day at the Stamford Elementary School on Saturday. The Stamford Energy Focus Group held a Stamford Energy Fair in the school's gymnasium, with booths set up by businesses, question and answer sessions with politicians, and a panel of local residents who are using alternative energy   Full Story

Tuesday, October 7 BENNINGTON — The Bennington Meals Program depends primarily on volunteers using their own vehicles to deliver food to meal sites and private homes in Bennington County, Peter Noyes, the finance manager, said. Noyes has multiple duties at the Bennington Meals Program office, located in the Bennington Senior Citizens Center, but he said the volunteers who not only   Full Story

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston.   Full Story

Saturday, October 4 RUTLAND — The Friends of Dorset Nursing Association have extended the date of their raffle drawing for an original oil painting by renowned local artist, Arthur Jones. The drawing will take place on Oct. 25 and proceeds from the raffle will benefit DNA's community-based home health care and hospice services.   Full Story