CONCORD, N.H. — Gas prices have fallen a bit in northern New England.

GasBuddy shows that prices went down last week by nearly a penny, to $2.22 a gallon, in Maine; 3 cents a gallon, to $2.21, in Vermont and 1.3 cents, to $2.12, in New Hampshire.

The national average of $2.17 has gone down 1.8 cents per gallon in the last week. It stands 17.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.

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