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Monday, December 15, 2008

A Look Back on December 15th

12/15/2005
Anusha Shrivastava of the Waterbury Republican-American wrote that Mickey's Windham Diner, in Willimantic, Connecticut is opening today. It's a 1950 Mountain View diner.

12/15/2004
Diane E. Foulds wrote about the Oasis Diner and its history for the Boston Globe.

What was a Burlington, Vermont tradition under the Lines family ownership, changed in October 2007. Glenn Walter purchased the diner and the Sadie Katz Deli opened in January 2008.

12/15/1999
Telegram & Gazette staffers Cynthia Koury and Mark Melady wrote about the former Kenmore Diner in Worcester, Massachusetts. Six members of the Worcester fire department perished in a fire that destroyed the adjacent storage building. During the demolition bricks fell on the diner damaging it beyond repair.

A new structure was built on the site of the former diner. Though not a traditionally manufactured diner, it retains the name Kenmore Diner.


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