Officials: Brush fire in Manchester Township now 60% contained
A large fire was burning in Manchester Township in Ocean County on Wednesday. Fire officials say it's now 60% contained. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
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A large fire was burning in Manchester Township in Ocean County on Wednesday. Fire officials say it's now 60% contained. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
Union leaders say they are hopeful and have made progress after meeting with Rutgers negotiators at Gov. Phil Murphy's office Tuesday night.
Officials say the fire in Manchester Township is now 50% contained, but the weather conditions aren't making their efforts any easier. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
All of North Jersey has been put on alert for "very high risk" of forest fires by the state Department of Environmental Protection. That is the agency's second-highest rating.
Some Ocean County residents are facing mandatory evacuations as one fire grows to cover more than 2,500 acres. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has the latest.
Flames roared and the fire grew off Teaneck Road. The flames were just a few yards from some people's homes.
CBS2's Kristine Johnson has the latest on the damage and the delays caused on NJ Transit.
CBS2's Tony Aiello has the latest from Teaneck, where firefighters say they have contained a blaze in an 800-acre wooded area.
As the Rutgers University faculty strike continued Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy and other lawmakers called for a quick resolution. CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
CBS2's Dan Rice, Tony Aiello and John Elliott have a look at the conditions that are contributing to a fire in Jersey City that apparently started at a commercial facility and spread to brush.
CBS2's Dan Rice was in Chopper 2 over a fire that started in a commercial building and spread to brush in Jersey City.
The mayor is throwing his hat in the race to take over for outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy.
Faculty, staff and students are back on the picket lines for a second day. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports from New Brunswick.
We hear from the Council on American-Islamic Relations after police say an imam was stabbed during a Ramadan prayer service over the weekend in Paterson.
Faculty and staff voted to strike Monday for the first time in the school's more than 250-year history. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has the latest.
While strikers say Rutgers has plenty of money to meet demands, others worry a generous contract could require tuition hikes or more support from taxpayers, CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.
It happened at a Passover carnival in Lakewood, New Jersey.
No injuries have been reported.
DeCamp Bus Lines shut down New Jersey-to-New York City service, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports.
Serif Zorba was allegedly caught on surveillance video stabbing the imam during prayer at Omar Mosque in Paterson, CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.
Hundreds of faculty, staff members and students took to picket lines across three campuses, CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
Dan Rice reports from Chopper 2.
CBS2's Natalie Duddridge spoke with commuters trying out the New Jersey Transit bus route from West Orange to Midtown, Manhattan after DeCamp Bus Lines shut down last Friday.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are on the picket line after unions representing 9,000 workers voted to strike. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado has more.
Paterson officials are promising to keep the Muslim community safe after an imam was stabbed during a Ramadan prayer service at a mosque Sunday. CBS2's John Dias reports.
