Selectmen slash diner lease price; Edgemere's purchase price is up.(LOCAL NEWS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: August 9, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Elaine Thompson

SHREWSBURY - Selectmen are making a better offer for anyone interested in purchasing the historical Edgemere Diner and leasing the land on Hartford Turnpike. The board has slashed the minimum monthly lease payment in half, to $1,000.

Only one person responded to an April legal advertisement in the Telegram & Gazette, but that person later changed her mind. The asking price at the time was a minimum of $1 to purchase the diner and $2,00...

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