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Maryland Gas Prices Up a Nickel

Don Rush

WASHINGTON (AP) - Motorists in Maryland are paying 5 cents more at the pump when compared with a week ago.
    
AAA Mid-Atlantic said Friday in a report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland was $2.10, up from $2.05 a week ago.
    
The price of gas in the state is a penny below the national average.
    
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.09 in Baltimore, $2.16 in Cumberland, $2.18 in Hagerstown and $2.03 in Salisbury.
    
Motorists in the state are paying 28 cents less per gallon than at this time last year when the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $2.38 per gallon.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.