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Average Price For Gasoline Falls In Maine

Gas is about six cents cheaper this week than last week in Maine, with an average price of $2.55 a gallon. But Gas Buddy analyst Patrick DeHaan says it depends where you're looking,

Across Maine, if you're shopping around, some of the cheapest prices - there's some stations in the $2.40s, but if you're not shopping around you may spend quite a bit more - up to 30 cents a gallon more - on the highest end with some stations as much as the $2.70s."

DeHaan says the prices are largely due to a drop in the price of oil over the last couple weeks - and are likely to start rising again soon.

Meanwhile, GasBuddy says the average gas price nationally has fallen five-and-a-half cents per gallon in the past week, to $2.51 per gallon. Prices Sunday in Maine were 22.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day a year ago.

Nora is originally from the Boston area but has lived in Chicago, Michigan, New York City and at the northern tip of New York state. Nora began working in public radio at Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor and has been an on-air host, a reporter, a digital editor, a producer, and, when they let her, played records.