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Simona Kitanovska

Small-Town Residents Buy A Gas Station And Save Thousands

Newcastleton Community Fuel Pump, in the Scottish Borders pictured on Aug 3, 2022. The village of Newcastleton bought up a disused gas station and carried out a $387,000 renovation to prevent fuel poverty - and is now saving families $1,200 a year. (Katielee Arrowsmith, SWNS/Zenger)

A village bought up a disused gas station and carried out a $386,000 renovation to prevent fuel poverty – and is now saving families $1,200 a year.

Newcastleton, the closest village to the border joining England and Scotland, was deprived of a fuel station for a decade.

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