To the Editor:

Each week I visit my parents in Malone. Yesterday (November 6, 2024) I bought gas in Malone for $2.95 a gallon. On my way home to Canton, gas was $3.49 in Potsdam and $3.59 in Canton. This afternoon gas was $3.49 in Ogdensburg.

I have found over the last year that gas is typically 40 to 50 cents per gallon cheaper in Malone than it is in St. Lawrence County towns. The excuse I usually hear is that the trucking fees make gas more expensive in St. Lawrence County. Gas is currently less than $3.00 a gallon in Watertown and in Plattsburgh. How can Malone’s gas be 64 cents per gallon cheaper than Canton’s when the same trucks that deliver gas in Canton and Potsdam also deliver to Malone? Malone is further north on Route 11 and should therefore be more expensive to deliver to than Canton and Potsdam.

It does not seem fair that St. Lawrence County residents have to drive to Watertown or Malone to find affordable gas prices. Would someone please explain why our gas prices are outrageous compared to our neighbors in Franklin County and Jefferson County?

Tony Beane


Canton