New England Gas Prices On the Rise

Prices at the gas pump have risen slightly in the Northeast.

Gasoline website, GasBuddy.com,  says in its weekly survey of gas stations in New England, the average price of a gallon of gas here in Maine rose up 4.4 cents in the past week to $2.29..In Presque Isle, the average price was $2.39 a gallon.

Pump prices in New Hampshire also rose, but only by 2.9 cents to $2.22 a gallon. And in Vermont, stations reported an average increase of just a penny to $2.30 a gallon

The national average also went up by 2.1 cents to $2.27 a gallon. That's 1.4 cents cheaper than a month ago, but 11.7 cents higher than at this time last year.