Oliver Mantyk

The strike crippling the train system could be over soon. The engineers make about $113,000 a year and are seeking an increase to about $120,000 by 2027.

A strike would stop all NJ Transit trains starting on May 16, affecting 350,000 commuters.

The 7.7 percent larger budget will result in no tax increase, and will fund campus expansion and new air conditioning.

Students from all over the Middletown School district gathered to present their skills and projects.

Canadian banker Jim Zhang has purchased a major hotel in the Middletown–Wallkill area, with plans to build a new hotel downtown.

The Howells Fire District will be replacing its current firehouse, which was built in 1915. The building is too small and lacks needed utilities.

‘We are doing this because emergency response time needs to be better,’ Otisville Mayor Brian Carey said of the June 2 meeting at the town hall.

Former state Supreme Court Judge Joseph Owen gets his street, Martin Lane, co-named after him.

The budget was held up for weeks by negotiations.