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No Spring Break For Motorists As Gas Prices Keep Climbing No Spring Break For Motorists As Gas Prices Keep Climbing
No Spring Break For Motorists As Gas Prices Keep Climbing There’s been no Spring Break for motorists this month, as prices at the pump continue to climb. Nationally, as of Thursday, April 4, the average price at the pump has reached $2.72 per gallon, a three-cent increase from last week and up 29 cents from a month ago, according to AAA. The current price is six cents higher than last year. “Three months ago motorists could find gas for less than $2.50 at 78 percent of gas stations. Today, you can only find gas for that price at one-third of stations, which is likely giving sticker shock to motorists across the country,” AAA spokeswoman Jeanette C…

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Gas Prices Reach Five-Year March Peak Gas Prices Reach Five-Year March Peak
Gas Prices Reach Five-Year March Peak Both New York and Connecticut have entered the “drivers’ dozen” and are among the 12 states with the highest gas prices in the country. Nationally, as of Tuesday, March 26, the average price at the pump has hit $2.65 per gallon, up nine cents from a week ago and 25 cents from a month ago. The price is three cents more than a year ago, according to AAA. “Thanks to increasing demand and tightening gasoline stocks across the country, March gas prices came in like a lion and will not go out like a lamb,” AAA spokesperson Jeanette Casselano said. “State gas price averages are very similar to a y…

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Gas Prices Take New Jump Gas Prices Take New Jump
Gas Prices Take New Jump While most motorists enjoyed relief at the gas pump during several weeks of plummeting prices, costs are on the rise nationwide. AAA announced that nationally, 28 states, including New York and Connecticut, saw the average gallon of gas increase in price last week. The national average of $2.43 per gallon is six cents more expensive than a week ago, and nine cents more expensive than last month. According to AAA, this is the largest one-week increase seen at the national level since last year. Although prices are up week-to-week and month-to-month, AAA noted that prices are 11 percent chea…

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Gas Prices Reach Highest Point In Nearly Three Years, AAA Reports Gas Prices Reach Highest Point In Nearly Three Years, AAA Reports
Gas Prices Reach Highest Point In Nearly Three Years, AAA Reports There is no relief in sight for area motorists at the pump, as the national gas price average has hit its highest point since the summer of 2015, with prices now topping $3 an hour in much of the area. As of this week, national gas prices reached an average of $2.71 per gallon, four cents lower than the high of $2.67 from last year, and prices are only expected to keep rising, according to the latest report from AAA. The price is up 6 cents from a week ago, 18 cents from a month ago and 31 cents from a year ago. By the end of the summer, prices are expected to reach the highest total since …

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Highest Gas Prices In Years Expected For Area Motorists Highest Gas Prices In Years Expected For Area Motorists
Highest Gas Prices In Years Expected For Area Motorists Local residents may want to start filling up now, as the region is expected to see some of the highest gas prices in years at the pump this summer, according to reports. As of this week, national gas prices reached an average of $2.66, just one cent lower than the high of $2.67 from last year, and prices are only expected to rise, according to the latest report from AAA. The price is up a cent from a week ago, 13 cents from a month ago and 24 cents from a year ago. By the end of the summer, prices are expected to reach the highest total since 2014. A AAA spokesperson cited “a volatile marke…

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Start Of Spring Sees Gas Prices Rise, With No Relief In Sight Start Of Spring Sees Gas Prices Rise, With No Relief In Sight
Start Of Spring Sees Gas Prices Rise, With No Relief In Sight Spring has sprung in the tristate area, bringing with it a spike in gas prices with no relief in sight according to AAA. For weeks, gas prices have slowly, but surely, continued to creep upward, to a national average of $2.63 per gallon, up 10 cents from a month ago and 73 cents a year ago, when the average was $2.29 per gallon. In a forecast released by AAA Northeast, the national average is expected to reach as high as $2.70 per gallon, the highest since the summer of 2015. A AAA spokesperson cited “a volatile marker, higher crude oil prices, and higher consumer demand are driving average…

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Gas Prices To Rise This Spring, AAA Says Gas Prices To Rise This Spring, AAA Says
Gas Prices To Rise This Spring, AAA Says There is no relief in sight for drivers’ wallets at the pump, as gas prices continue to rise and should continue to do so well into the spring, according to AAA. For weeks, gas prices have slowly, but surely, continued to creep upward, to a national average of $2.52 per gallon, up eight cents from a month ago and nearly 25 cents a year ago, when the average was $2.30 per gallon. In a forecast released by AAA Northeast, the national average is expected to reach as high as $2.70 per gallon, the highest since the summer of 2015. A AAA spokesperson cited “a volatile marker, higher crude oil pri…

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Gas Prices Rise For Sixth Straight Week Gas Prices Rise For Sixth Straight Week
Gas Prices Rise For Sixth Straight Week There is no relief in sight for drivers’ wallets at the pump, as gas prices continue to rise week-to-week as the price of crude oil fluctuates overseas. For the sixth straight week, gas prices have risen, up to an average of $2.61 per gallon, up from $2.49 a month ago and $2.26 a year ago. The average rose three cents since last week. According to a AAA New York spokesman, the price has been affected by multiple factors, including the price of crude oil overseas and an increase in demand nationwide. It also comes at a time when refineries begin the process of transitioning from a winter ble…

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