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Debt and Financing Obligation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2018
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt | Debt as of July 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017 consisted of the following:
|  | July 31, |  |  | October 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  | $ | 1,128 |  |  | $ | 2,349 |
Connecticut Green Bank Note |  |  | 6,052 |  |  |  | 6,052 |
Financing obligation for sale-leaseback transactions |  |  | 46,089 |  |  |  | 46,937 |
State of Connecticut Loan |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 10,000 |
Hercules Loan and Security Agreement |  |  | 26,898 |  |  |  | 21,468 |
Webster Bank Term Loan |  |  | 1,255 |  |  |  | 1,697 |
Equipment financing and capital lease obligations |  |  | 425 |  |  |  | 632 |
Deferred finance costs |  |  | (1,390 | ) |  |  | (1,344 | )
Total debt |  | $ | 90,457 |  |  | $ | 87,791 |
Current portion of long-term debt and financing obligation |  |  | (14,494 | ) |  |  | (28,281 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 75,963 |  |  | $ | 59,510 |

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