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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.

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Market Basket opens its fourth Maine store in Scarborough on Friday

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 Basket80,000 sq. ft.
A football field57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included)
A basketball court4,700 sq. ft. (NBA size)

If you shop in Scarborough, tomorrow's a big day. Market Basket is set to open its new store Fri., Nov. 6 at . It's the chain's fourth Maine location, joining Topsham, Westbrook and Biddeford, and Scarborough's third major grocery store.

  • Opens: Fri., Nov. 6
  • Where: corner of Market Street and Scarborough Downs Road
  • Size: 80,000 square feet
  • Selection: more than 50,000 products

The store is the first anchor retailer in The Downs Town Center, and it's expected to create approximately 300 jobs. Q106.5 says the chain was recently ranked as the second-best grocery store chain in the country for the second straight year.

About 300jobs the Scarborough store is expected to create

It's the first anchor retailer in Town Center.

Source: The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine

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Classes at in Gorham were canceled Wednesday after a gas odor was reported around 7 a.m. WGME says it's the school's fourth suspected gas leak, two last year and two this year. The principal told parents the odor was likely caused by an air handler drawing in gas that had vented outside from the building's regulators. WMTW says the school will reopen once officials determine it's safe, though it's unclear when that might be. The Portland Press HeraldWGMEWGME2WMTW

Scarborough

Scarborough's council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban data centers, joining Westbrook and North Berwick as one of the first Maine communities to do so. Councilor Jon Anderson said, "It’s in our best interest as a community to ban them for now and revisit it down the road." The Portland Press Herald

South Portland

The School Department is considering reopening James O. Kaler Elementary as an early learning center less than six months after it closed. Assistant Superintendent Johanna Prince recommended moving six pre-kindergarten classes there, and the district expects it to serve more than 130 three-year-old and pre-K students. The Portland Press Herald

Field hockey

Second-seeded Freeport beat No. 1 Yarmouth 2-1 in the Class B South final. WGME says Charlotte Sikorski tied it and Ava Emmons scored the go-ahead goal in the fourth quarter. In Class A South, top-seeded Cheverus topped Thornton Academy on penalty corners after the game stayed 1-1 through regulation and two overtimes. The Portland Press HeraldWGMEWGME

Four South finals went to Freeport, Cheverus, Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth

FinalResult
Class B South field hockeyFreeport won 2-1
Class A South field hockeyCheverus won on penalty corners
Class B South girls soccerCape Elizabeth won 3-1
Class B South boys soccerYarmouth won on penalty kicks

Sources: The Portland Press Herald, WGME

Soccer

The Cape Elizabeth girls beat Yarmouth 3-1 in the Class B South final in Falmouth, scoring twice in less than four minutes after falling behind early in the second half. In the boys' final, Yarmouth beat Cape Elizabeth on penalty kicks and can go for championship No. 17 on Saturday. The Portland Press HeraldThe Portland Press Herald

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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

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