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After being sold at auction, Dresser Hill Ice Cream in Charlton and The Clam Box in Brookfield each have new owners who are planning to spruce up the buildings while keeping other elements of the businesses the same.
Dresser Hill Ice Cream at 290 Dresser Hill Road in Charlton, and The Clam Box at 53 South Maple St. in Brookfield were sold at foreclosure auctions on April 12. The businesses and thbuildings had different owners.
The Clam Box was bought by Tim Dugas, who s been renting the building for about two years.
Dugas said he was nervous on auction day because he hadn t yet received approval for a loan to try to buy the property.
The Clam Box, a landmark restaurant on Route 9 in Brookfield, now owns the land where it had long leased.
Tim Dugas and his wife, Cynthia, bought the site at 53 S. Maple St. in an auction April 12 for $310,000. Now that they own it, Dugas said they ll move ahead with plans for using an adjacent site they own at 47 S. Maple St. across Quaboag Street for overflow parking. If they didn t win the auction, they were prepared to build a new restaurant at the other site.
The Clam Box has been in business for 70 years, and the Dugases have owned it for more than two years.