TRENTON - Gas prices rose in New Jersey but dropped around the country as a whole amid decreasing demand and an increase in total domestic gasoline stocks.AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $2.21, up two cents from last week.
Drivers were paying an average of $2.57 a gallon a year ago at this time.The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.11, down two cents from the previous week.