February 16

Photos: Getting the feel of Buy the Pound

GORHAM — Goodwill Industries of Northern New England opened its new Buy the Pound Outlet in Gorham today.

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Julie Young of York Harbor browses through clothes at the opening of Goodwill's Buy the Pound Warehouse Outlet today in the Gorham Industrial Park.

Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer

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Sharon Pfaff of Gorham shops with her grandson, Wesley Bosworth, 4, of Hollis, today at the opening of the Goodwill Buy the Pound Warehouse Outlet in the Gorham Industrial Park.

Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer

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The outlet offers customers deeply discounted merchandise that did not sell in its retail stores. Prices are determined by the weight of the goods purchased.

Goodwill hopes the arrangement will reduce the amount of materials that end up in the waste stream.

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Wesley Bosworth, 4, of Hollis, plays in a clothes bin today at Goodwill 's Buy the Pound Warehouse Outlet, while shopping with his family, including 8-year old sister Autumn, left.

Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer

  


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