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  • Emergency touchdown

    Plane lands safely in field. By: Jessica Beym    A single-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in an empty field off Cranbury Neck Road near Stults Farm on Sunday morning after experiencing mechanical failure.    The pilot, John Greenemeir, 22, of Columbia, N.J., landed the Cessna 172 safely at 6:20 a.m., police said.    Neither…

  • OBITUARIES, Nov. 4, 2005

    Edwin D. Gustafson, Marcella C. Farley, Filomena Castaldi, Frances A. Davidson Edwin D. Gustafson Former Montgomery resident     NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Edwin Donald Gustafson died Oct. 16. He was 81.    Born in New Brunswick, he grew up in Highland Park and was a former Montgomery Township resident.    His business career was in college textbook…

  • Historic Montgomery farm on auction block

    Township selling property with many preservation restrictions By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The historic Van Dyke-Beekman Farm, a 21-acre property on Route 206, will be auctioned on Wednesday.    Max Spann Real Estate Auctions will handle the auction of the property, which is owned by the township.    The property, on which a historic house stands, was…

  • MHS enters CJ III meet on high note

    By: Bill Williams    With an eye on this weekend’s state sectional meet, the Monroe cross country teams finished up their regular season Tuesday in winning fashion.    The girls knocked off South Plainfield 22-39, while the boys picked up a 23-36 victory. It meant the girls finished 8-3 and the boys accumulated a 9-2 record.    Both…

  • A high note

    New Jersey Opera Theater unveils a new season at inaugural gala By: Christian Kirkpatrick    In just two years, New Jersey Opera Theater has done much to celebrate. It has built an effective organization and staged two successful summer seasons, the first at Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theatre and the second at the Berlind Stage at…

  • Stuart tops PDS to reach prep field hockey final

    Hun falls to other finalist Lawrenceville By: Justin Feil    The Stuart Country Day School field hockey team got a bit of a scare on Monday. For just the second time in an otherwise flawless season, they tied, 0-0, against Princeton Day School in a regular-season make-up game.    The Tartans hosted PDS again Wednesday, this time…

  • Obituaries for the week of Oct. 4

    Irene M. Quicksall, James Paul Sloan, Anna K. Nurko, Helen Barthelemy, Herman McDaniels By: Irene M. Quicksall    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Irene M. Quicksall, 84, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital-Hamilton.    A lifelong Bordentown and Trenton resident, she was formerly employed by Circle F. Industries as an inside saleswoman.    Daughter of the late George and…

  • Pension payments on the rise

    Monroe and Jamesburg face larger retirement contributions next year. By: Leon Tovey    Monroe and Jamesburg will pay more in retirement contributions next year than it did this year as part of a state plan to make up for money not paid into state pension systems between 1997 and 2003.    Monroe will be required to pay…

  • Nutrition expert to defend ‘link’ between diet and cancer

       In what promises to a controversial evening, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton and the Whole Earth Center, an established natural foods vendor in Princeton, are joining forces to bring one of the most eminent nutrition scientists and health policy advocates to Princeton for a free public lecture on Sunday at 7 p.m.    T. Colin…