The Daily Freeman reports that gas prices are up again in the Hudson Valley, with the largest increases in Greene and Columbia counties. The GasBuddy.com website reported a 12-cent increase to $3.80 in Greene County last week, with a 14-cent increase in Columbia County. Gas prices were up seven cents in Ulster County, and five cents in Dutchess County. New York's average as of April 24 was $3.64, seven cents per gallon higher than last week. Nationally, prices fell by 0.8 cents per gallon last week. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said, “Typically, gas prices peak between May and June, and with the oil market showing significant cracks in strength, we may have seen the peak in the national average already occur, a few weeks earlier than average.” Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.