Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit (Tables)
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6 Months Ended | 
Mar. 31, 2021  | 
| Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | 
 
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| Schedule of long-term debt, net of current portion | 
 The following table summarizes long-term debt and related deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, at March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2020: 
  
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 March 31, 2021 
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 September 30, 2020 
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 (in thousands) 
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 Principal 
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 | 
   
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 Deferred 
Financing 
Costs, Net 
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 | 
   
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 Principal 
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 | 
   
 | 
 Deferred 
Financing 
Costs, Net 
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 | 
 
| 
 Long-term debt, net of current portion: 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 | 
   
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 | 
   
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| 
 Met Fixed-Rate Term Loans 
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 $ 
 | 
 80,313 
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 | 
   
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 $ 
 | 
 572 
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 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 83,438 
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 | 
   
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 $ 
 | 
 621 
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| 
 Met Variable-Rate Term Loans 
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 | 
   
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 39,531 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 263 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 40,969 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 286 
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| 
 Met Citree Term Loan 
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 | 
   
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 4,388 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 34 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 4,512 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 36 
 | 
   
 | 
 
| 
 Pru Loans A & B 
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 | 
   
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 14,517 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 198 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 15,097 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 207 
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 | 
 
| 
 Pru Loan E 
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 4,125 
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 | 
   
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 1 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 4,235 
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 | 
   
 | 
 1 
 | 
   
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| 
   
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 142,874 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 1,068 
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 | 
   
 | 
   
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 148,251 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 1,151 
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| 
 Less current portion 
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 | 
   
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 8,410 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 9,145 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 — 
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| 
 Long-term debt 
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 | 
 $ 
 | 
 134,464 
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 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,068 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 139,106 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,151 
 | 
   
 | 
 
 
 
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| Schedule of lines of credit | 
 The following table summarizes lines of credit and related deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, at March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2020: 
  
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 March 31, 2021 
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 September 30, 2020 
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| 
 (in thousands) 
 | 
   
 | 
 Principal 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 Deferred 
Financing 
Costs, Net 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 Principal 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 Deferred 
Financing 
Costs, Net 
 | 
   
 | 
 
| 
 Lines of Credit: 
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 | 
   
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 | 
   
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 | 
   
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 | 
   
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 | 
   
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| 
 RLOC 
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 $ 
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 $ 
 | 
 134 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 141 
 | 
   
 | 
 
| 
 WCLC 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 2,942 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
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| 
 Lines of Credit 
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 | 
 $ 
 | 
 — 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 $ 
 | 
 134 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 2,942 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 141 
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 | 
 
 
 
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| Schedule of future maturities of debt and lines of credit | 
 Future maturities of long-term debt and lines of credit at March 31, 2021 are as follows: 
  
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 (in thousands) 
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 March 31, 2021 
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| 
 Due within one year 
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 $ 
 | 
 8,410 
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 | 
 
| 
 Due between one and two years 
 | 
   
 | 
   
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 4,285 
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 | 
 
| 
 Due between two and three years 
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 | 
   
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 4,285 
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| 
 Due between three and four years 
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 | 
   
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 4,285 
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 | 
 
| 
 Due between four and five years 
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 | 
   
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 4,285 
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| 
 Due beyond five years 
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 117,324 
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| 
   
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 | 
   
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| 
 Total future maturities 
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 | 
 $ 
 | 
 142,874 
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| Schedule of interest costs expensed and capitalized | 
 Interest costs expensed and capitalized were as follows: 
  
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 (in thousands) 
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 Three Months Ended 
March 31, 
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 Six Months Ended 
March 31, 
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 2021 
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 2020 
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 2021 
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 | 
 2020 
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| 
 Interest expense 
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,089 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,452 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 2,278 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 2,996 
 | 
   
 | 
 
| 
 Interest capitalized 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 349 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 303 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 661 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 572 
 | 
   
 | 
 
| 
 Total 
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,438 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 1,755 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 2,939 
 | 
   
 | 
   
 | 
 $ 
 | 
 3,568 
 | 
   
 | 
 
 
 
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