Bruce Shipkowski

2 weeks ago | argus-press.com | Bruce Shipkowski |Christopher Weber

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Transit's train engineers reached a tentative deal Sunday to end their three-day strike that had halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across the Hudson River to New York City. The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, when trains would resume their regular schedules.

2 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Bruce Shipkowski |Christopher Weber

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit’s train engineers reached a tentative deal Sunday to end their three-day strike that had halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across the Hudson River to New York City. The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, when trains would resume their regular schedules.

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | Bruce Shipkowski

NEWARK, N.J. — Sharpe James, the charismatic longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption conviction, has died. He was 89. James died May 11, according to his son, John Sharpe James, a former Newark City Council member. After entering politics, James never lost an election. The Democrat was first elected to public office in 1970, winning a Newark City Council seat.

2 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Bruce Shipkowski

Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving its 100,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City. People who normally rely on New Jersey Transit took to buses, cars, taxis and boats for the morning rush hour after trains ground to a halt at a minute past midnight.

2 weeks ago | kenoshanews.com | Bruce Shipkowski

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