AAA: Md. drivers paying $1.86 per gallon

Motorists in Maryland are paying 2 cents less 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 $1.86, down from $1.88 a week ago.

The price of gas in the state is 5 cents above the national average of $1.81.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $1.84 in Baltimore, $1.86 in Cumberland, $1.96 in Hagerstown and $1.70 in Salisbury.

Motorists in the state are paying 24 cents less per gallon than at this time last year when the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $2.10 per gallon.

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