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The 15-acre farm that is being developed could give the property the kind of setting that suggests Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Westchester County. The resort, located in Peapack-Gladstone in Somerset County, is called Natirar (the reverse of Raritan, the river that runs at the edge of the property). A restaurant, Ninety Acres, will be open to the public, along with a cooking school run by Viking, the kitchen appliance company, and a wine school.

It’s a good time to remember that high-excitement stocks often end up providing investors with high drama and high blood pressure instead. More boring “value” stocks — established companies in more stable or “defensive” industries — have usually proven a better long-term investment. (Defensive industries include food and beverages, health care, personal care, household goods and even telecoms.) And even if they make fewer profits for you on the way up, they lose a lot less on the way back down. Tempting for Income Investors Right now top dividend stocks have extra appeal. That’s because they offer a tempting alternative to cash or bonds for those who need income. Many savers are trapped between short-term savings like bank accounts or CDs, paying virtually no interest at all, and longer-term bonds, which pay a little bit more — and leave you at the mercy of inflation. “Why own bonds when you can own ‘defensives’?” asks Bijal Shah, strat

The Morris County Sheriff’s (for the Marine Corps) Toys for Tots drive starts at the Morris County Library on Monday, runs through 12/11.