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SNAPSHOT: A spot of tea

A SPOT OF TEA: Diane Louten, left, dressed as a flapper and Shirley Chaffee wore a signature hat as the Red Hat Society and others listen to quilter Debbie Quirion during the REM Vintage Tea social Sunday at the Center in Waterville. Dozens dined on gourmet hors d’oeuvres and desserts.

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Wall Street protesters: We’re in for long haul

NEW YORK — The protesters who have been camping out in Manhattan’s Financial District for more than two weeks eat donated food and keep their laptops running with a portable gas-powered generator. They have a newspaper — the Occupied Wall Street Journal — and a makeshift hospital.