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Gasoline prices are continuing their lazy ascent in Western New York.

Gas is selling for an average of $2.858 per gallon in Erie and Niagara counties as of Monday morning, according to the American Automobile Association.

That’s up seven-tenths of a cent from a week ago. The local average on Aug. 9 was $2.851.

And it’s up 1.2 cents from a month ago, when gas prices averaged $2.846 in the Buffalo area.

AAA issues daily price estimates for metropolitan areas across the country, based on its survey of credit-card purchases at self-service stations.

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