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Diner for sale or rent - $150K (Fitchburg)

This Diner has been serving breakfast and lunch since 1932 when the original Worcester Diner Car was set up at 135 Lunenburg St. It still remains one of the oldest original diner cars on wheels in the country. Recently renovated by people who care. The entire restaurant has been fully redone in order to accommodate today’s restaurant standards while preserving yesterdays charm. The new clean atmosphere and courteous staff of this quant little diner keeps people coming back for more. Fully operational business with Clientele. Turn Key operation currently running, own business for $20,000 with $500 per month in rent + utilities including restaraunt equipment. Fantastic opportunity. Buy Business & Property for $150K. Please Call: Zach 978-479-3873

The Milford Diner has sat empty and idle in the heart of Milford, Connecticut for almost a decade now. A rather plain-jane Silk City diner, the otherwise original structure almost sold to new owners who hoped to move it out of harms way. After that fell though, the developer who originally wanted to oust the diner from its location decided to adopt it into his plans for a nightclub across the parking lot. And now, this...

By This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Register Correspondent

MILFORD — Fundraising to support the restoration of the Milford Diner on New Haven Avenue will kick off Sunday with a showing of the classic movie “A Christmas Story.”

The event will include a raffle of several items, including a full-size “leg lamp.”

The 1983 comedy is based on the writings of Jean Shepherd and a boy’s quest for a Red Rider BB gun. It includes a scene with a leg lamp, displayed in a front window that the mother “accidentally” breaks.

Susan Shaw, executive director of organization spearheading the restoration, said its goal is to raise $7,000.

“This will get us part way there,” she said. “It’s kind of like a celebration that we’re up and running.”

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By any measure, Karen Heller is one the best columnists in the country. In this recent piece, Karen nails the problem of the proliferation of gambling right on the head. We've grappled with our own reasons why we believe the move toward gambling a revenue source in the rust-belt is a losing bet any way you look at it. Now that every state will soon have its own slot parlors, the pie slices get increasingly smaller while the liabilities imposed only increase further. Go get 'em Karen!

By Karen Heller

O Table games, O Table Games
How lovely are your profits!
Your lucre green will always grow
In Harrisburg through winter snow

Oh, snap and craps! Here we thought the Pennsylvania legislature was going to deal us blackjack and poker for the holidays because nothing quite says Christmas like seven-card stud.

But no. Table games have been tabled. We will have to wait until January, or perhaps Groundhog Day, to get the roulette ball going.

Gov. Rendell, in what might be called a snake-eyes-for-students move, held up $647 million in appropriations for Pennsylvania State, Temple, and Lincoln Universities and the University of Pittsburgh until Thursday night in an effort to get his games. Now, he says 1,000 government jobs are on the line if the measure isn't passed by Jan. 8 to generate a projected $250 million in revenues to close the budget gap. Basically, it's shut up and deal.

Karen goes on after this link...