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Market Basket opens its fourth Maine store in Scarborough on Friday

If you shop in Scarborough, tomorrow's a big day. Market Basket is set to open its new store Fri., Nov. 6 at The Downs.

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Scarborough's Market Basket covers 80,000 square feet

Floor area of the new Market Basket, beside places you know

The new Market Basket80,000 sq. ft.

A football field57,600 sq. ft.end zones included

A basketball court4,700 sq. ft.NBA size

17 basketball courts would fit inside the new Market Basket

Source: WGME

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	Floor area
The new Market Basket	80,000 sq. ft.
A football field	57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included)
A basketball court	4,700 sq. ft. (NBA size)

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Market Basket opens its fourth Maine store in Scarborough on Friday

Plus, Scarborough bans data centers and Freeport wins a field hockey final.

The TLDR

Market Basket opens in Scarborough on Fri., Nov. 6
Scarborough's council votes unanimously to ban data centers
Freeport and Cheverus win field hockey finals

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