Gas Prices Jump Eight Cents in Massachusetts

By ALISON BAUTER (Patch Staff)

BEDFORD, MA - Massachusetts might feel the slight uptick in gas prices this week, but still beats being most other places.

The AAA Northeast said Monday prices are up eight cents this week in Massachusetts, but that price is still below the national average.

An April 18 survey of Massachusetts prices by the AAA finds a self-serve, regular unleaded fill-up averages $2.08 per gallon, eight cents higher than last week. That's still three cents below the national average, AAA Northeast said. Elsewhere in the country, you're looking at an average $2.11 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.

It looks rosier still when compared to this time last year, when the average price for the same fill-up ran Bay Staters $2.46 per gallon.

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