The Daily Freeman reports that gas prices were down again this week locally and nationally. Locally, gas was at $3.46 per gallon as of Dec. 27, down 2.1 cents from a week earlier, while the national average fell by 4.4 cents, to $3.25. GasBuddy reported prices of $3.31 per gallon in Ulster County, down a penny from a week earlier; $3.49 in Dutchess County, down two cents; $3.42 in Greene County, down eight cents; and $3.40 in Columbia County, were average prices were unchanged. “Nearly every state saw average gasoline prices decline last week … with the national average now nearly 20 cents per gallon lower than in early November,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.