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Gas Prices in Maine Fall, Amid Summer Driving Season

Nora Flaherty
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MPBN
Gas at the Mobil on Noyes Street and Forest Avenue in Portland on Monday.

PORTLAND, Maine - Amid the summer driving season, gas prices continue to fall, both nationally and in Maine.

Greg Laskoski, with the price-tracking website Gas Buddy.com, says the price in Maine is down almost 4 cents from last week, to $2.24 a gallon.

And he says it's fallen a lot more if you look back further. "The national average price of gas is now 14 cents lower than where we were a month ago. In Maine, the statewide average today is $2.24; a month ago we were paying $2.35 a gallon; and a year ago it was $2.76."

Laskoski says even though demand for gas is up for the summer season, gas production around the world  exceeds that demand, keeping prices low.

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.