AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine gas prices have jumped another eight cents in the past week to an average of $3.77 per gallon. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that while the jump in Maine is lower than the national average, the retail price of gasoline in the state remains about 13 cents above the national […]
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Talk of the town
Did you know? That the Sun Journal has its own helium balloon for easy filling of balloons? Please imagine the remainder of this column in a really, really high voice. Scalawags Somewhere in the Twin Cities Friday, police were sent out to search for a suspect wearing a bandanna on his head and who looked […]
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Mainers looking ahead to high gas prices
LEWISTON — It all seems so familiar. The fear, the rage, the uncertainty. By the middle of the day Thursday, gas prices were reasonable across Maine — below $3.70 per gallon just about everywhere. But people were talking. Fears of dramatic price increases were circulating, fanned somewhat by popular website GasBuddy.com, which predicted the cost […]
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Gas prices may rise 20 cents this weekend
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A price-monitoring website is warning Maine motorists that gasoline prices could rise sharply during the next few days and through the weekend in Maine. GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says he expects stations to increase prices from 5 to 20 cents per gallon by the end of the weekend. DeHaan […]
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Maine average gasoline prices rise
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A gasoline price monitoring website says average retail prices in Maine have risen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week to $3.55. MaineGasPrices.com says the rise in Maine is consistent with the national figure, which also shows a 4.5 cent-per-gallon increase in the last week. But the national average price […]
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Maine gas prices on the rise
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Following a national trend, gas prices are on the rise in Maine. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail price for a gallon of gas in Maine has risen 2.5 in the past week, to $3.51. The price in Maine is 17 cents above the national average of $3.34 […]
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Maine gas prices shoot up nearly 9 cents
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The price of a gallon of gas has jumped dramatically in Maine in the past week. Price-tracking website maineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average price for a gallon of gasoline has jumped nearly nine cents to $3.45. This compares with the national average that has increased nearly eight cents per gallon […]
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Maine gas prices fall more than 3 cents
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gas prices in Maine are down, but still remain well above the national average. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail price of a gallon of gas has fallen more than 3 cents in the past week to $3.34. That compares with the national average that has fallen more […]
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Maine average gasoline price down 2.6 cents
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The average retail gasoline price in Maine continues its downward slide, but still remains higher than it was a year ago. A survey by the price-watching website MaineGasPrices.com says prices Sunday were 2.6 cents per gallon less than they were a week earlier, averaging $3.37 per gallon. The statewide average was […]
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Gas down a nickel a gallon in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The average cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has dropped by nearly a nickel in the past week. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com announced Monday that the average retail cost in now $3.39 per gallon, more than 12 cents less than a month ago, That’s still seven cents above the national […]