Salt Stress: Road Salt Prices Higher As Winter Looms

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Budget-busting road salt prices are leaving municipal officials in the Snow Belt hoping for a mild winter.
Salt supplies are tight on the heels of a harsh winter last year that depleted reserves, leaving many localities in the Northeast and Great Lakes to pay prices that range from about 5 percent higher to almost double.
“Everybody’s got their fingers crossed for good weather,” said Rebecca Matsco, an official in wes