Gas prices hold steady in NJ, across nation ahead of holiday

Gas prices held steady in New Jersey and across the nation at a level that analysts say is the highest in eight years for the period just before Thanksgiving. 

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.45, the same as last week.

Drivers were paying an average of $2.21 a gallon a year ago at this time. 

The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.41, also the same as last week.

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