Union members cited five years without wage increases and said the new contract aims to bring NJ Transit wages closer to regional norms, which average around $113,000 a year for NJ Transit engineers, with union demands aiming as high as $170,000 a year.

Some 100,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday.

Police officers in Piscataway heroically rescued a man from his car stuck on railroad tracks as a train sped toward them, highlighting their quick response in a life-or-death situation.

Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting the end of the NJ Transit strike, a massive brawl at a mall in Edison and a poll shows who is leading the races to be New Jersey’s next governor. Plus, a 100-year-old movie theater in Bergen County is razed.