You can tell that Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer is coming fast.

Gas prices have risen more than 20 cents in the last 10 days.

Gas prices in the Allentown and Quakertown areas have toppled to less than $2.10 a gallon. Other parts of the nation, like at this Ohio gas station in the AP photo at right, have seen gas drop below $2 a gallon. Yet when are we in the Pottstown area going to see even lower prices.

On my drive to work every day from Berks County, I pass at least 5 places selling gas, and no one is selling it for less than $2.30 a gallon. When the prices do drop, it's at 2 cents at a time.

One day last week, one convenience store's gas prices rose 2 cents overnight, and it dropped back 2 cents the next afternoon.

It's time motorists in the Pottstown area pay the same gas prices as others in the region!!!

I bought some milk Monday night at one of our local grocery stores and was shocked to see that the price of milk at this store -- which claims to save you money on groceries -- had risen to $4.07.

That's a dime more than what I saw for a gallon of gas.

At least I can get 18 miles out of a gallon of gas. I hope I can get 18 bowls of cereal out of this gallon of milk.