POLL: Gas Prices Increase by 3 Cents Across State

Will the price per gallon of gasoline continue to climb? Let us know what you think in today's poll.

While riders on the MBTA are currently facing potential fare increase, drivers across the state are now dealing with even higher gas prices.  The price per gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline rose three cents during the past week, according to a Boston Herald report Monday.  It's the third week in a row drivers have had to pay more for gas. The average current price per gallon for unleaded is $3.79, a rise of six cents from last month. The average price this time last year was $3.56. The good news, however, is that the current price in Massachusetts is still 13 cents below the national average of $3.92, according to the Boston Herald. But is the national average a sign of things to come for Massachusetts residents? What do you …

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Artist Goes Back to Her Roots

An artist's return and some Bruins love.

Well, here it is again, FRIDAY! The day we all love and cherish and begin dreaming about as soon as Sunday night. Happy Friday, and here’s hoping today is just the beginning of a great weekend. Bruins Raise Stanley Cup to Rafters First up in Patch-land today is yesterday’s rapid depletion of newspapers from our local coffee shops and newspaper vendors. The mile-high stacks of newspapers, featuring the Bruins Stanley Cup victory was huge news here in Concord...well, throughout all of New England. Everyone wanted a souvenir copy of the front page photo. Before 7 a.m. yesterday, one Concordian entered Cumberland Farms and purchased five copies each of the Globe and Herald. It is great to see sports fans support the print media, and of course…

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