More pain at the pump

It was a monster fill for Marc Fischer’s Ford Excursion.

When the pump came to a halt yesterday at a Columbia Exxon gas station, the bill was a whopper: $91.61. And it might continue to grow.



The price of a gallon of regular gasoline reached an average of $2.93 yesterday in Maryland – a 28-cent jump over last month, according to AAA statistics. Nationally, the average price of a gallon of gas is $2.95.

While prices are down slightly from the statewide average of $3.02 at this time last year, increases are expected to continue, analysts say, as demand for gasoline rises during the busy summer months – from Memorial Day to Labor Day – when Americans traditionally take to the roads in high numbers.

Baltimore Sun