AAA: Local gasoline prices jump 4 cents

For the first time since April, we're seeing a substantial rise in the local  price of gasoline.

AAA of Southern New England reports that self-serve regular is selling on average at $2.63 a gallon, up four cents from last week.

That's still below the national average of $2.71.

Spokeswoman Mary McGuire says a rise in the price of oil and the shutdown of a shipping lane in the Gulf of Mexico are to blame.

Listen to this week's gasoline price report:

McGuire  says prices overall aren't too bad, given that they have been stable for much of the year.

Prices range from a low of $2.50 to a high of $2.89.   McGuire says you should be shopping for gas in the low $2.50's to the low $2.60's.

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