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To all the faithful readers of York Common Cents, I have a bittersweet announcement to make. After 10 months with the York Daily Record/Sunday News, I'll be leaving to take a job in Washington, D.C.

I'm sad to leave, but I know that Brent, Sean and Cathy will continue keeping this blog up to date with the latest money news. Check back often for updates on gas prices and what's going on in the local business community.

I encourage you to check out the gas map on inyork.com/drive. A few stations in the area have officially dropped below $2.00 per gallon!

I'm glad I get to leave you with a bit of good news before I leave! It's a welcome change from all the negative economy news lately!

I get really jealous whenever anyone has cheaper gas than me. I wasn't having too much of a problem with it earlier this year because York County definitely seem to have some of the cheapest prices around.

Now it seems we have some of the highest (at least in my little realm of reality). My friends in Maryland are telling me how they're filling up for less than $2.

To make myself feel better I hopped over to inyork.com/drive to look at the map provided by Gas Buddy of station prices. It made me feel a little better to see we still have cheaper gas than lots of places in Lancaster County. And we have cheaper gas than my little brother in Philly.

I recommend checking out the map. It's interesting to see where York County falls in the spectrum of gas prices.

I just read a brief in the November issue of Consumer Reports about groups and organizations that have "green" sounding names, but in fact aren't very green.

With the explosion of the environmental movement, it's always important to keep in mind that some groups may just be trying to ride the coattails of a successful movement.

For example the Heartland Institute, one of the examples used in the brief, claims it has expertise on climate issues, but has advocated for smokers' rights and accepts money from ExxonMobil and Philip Morris.

You can check out more at www.frontgroups.org.

I wrote not too long ago that the differences in gas prices at local stations really had me baffled.

Well after this weekend, gas prices have just left me more confused.

The past few weekends I've been visiting friends in Maryland and Washington, D.C. and gas prices there have always been 20 to 30 cents more expensive than here.

So when I filled up my car last night for $2.38 in Maryland, I was expecting to see prices closer to $2 in York. Needless to say that wasn't the case. Everything I saw in York was around $2.33.

How did that gap close so quickly?

I realize this has nothing particular to do with business, but I just had to share anyway.

I just read on Philly.com that a pregnant woman is thinking about naming her baby Chase, after the Phillies' second baseman.

Makes me wonder if the names Chase, Cole and Brad are going to become immensely popular in PA the rest of the year.

My car was long over due for an oil change and I finally got around to taking it today on my lunch break and unlike last time, I was super impressed with the service.

First off, the people working were extremely polite. They asked me what I needed and promised to have it taken care of quickly. There were two people ahead of me in line, but I was still probably only there for a total of 30 minutes at the most.

The economy has been the big news of the week, up and down, up and down, I feel like I'm on a roller coaster.

In other news, PSU fans aren't letting the economy get them down.

And here's an interesting story on how the stock market and the economy are not one in the same.

Make sure to check out this week's podcast, where the business staff talks about what you need to know about TV's digital conversion.