The news that the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is on the verge of relinquishing control of the Mideast country should solve one of the pressing problems facing the population: A mass shortage of propane for cooking their meals. Propane has virtually disappeared from the marketplace in the recent unrest, due to shipping snags and […]

A troubling sign for propane prices has come from up North: The average price for a gallon of propane in Maine jumped a nickel last week, according to this afternoon’s report from the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. That’s just shy of a 2-pecent increase over the week before. (The MPBN bases its numbers on a […]