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  • The real issue is funding reform

    EDITORIAL: A look at a variety of issues in The Messenger-Press coverage area.    Residents in The Messenger-Press coverage area face school tax increases ranging from 3½ percent to nearly 11 percent for the 2001-02 school year. Given the enrollment growth in the area — somewhere near an average of 10 percent annually — it’s probably…

  • Unexpected revenue to benefit Hillsborough

    Unlike the school district, township coffers can sometimes grow from sources other than direct taxes. By:Laura Toto    For example, Hillsborough’s Municipal Court will kick in more than $200,000 more to the township than it did in 1998. Township officials say that’s not the result of any particular plan to penalize drivers more — it’s just…

  • Wrestling success runs in Lawrence’s Savino family

    WrestlingLawrence High School wrestling coach Chris Lynne needed just one word to describe Mike Savino’s season — incredible. By: Mike Molaro    "Part of what I’ve accomplished has sunk in and part of it hasn’t," Savino said. "I wanted to be the first Mercer County champion, so I’m a little disappointed about that. When I look…

  • Cardinals hope to shock CVC

    BaseballBrian Carter is wiping the slate clean as he enters his second season as head coach of the Lawrence High School baseball squad. By: Mike Molaro    The Cardinals (9-15 overall last year and 7-9 in the Colonial Valley Conference) just might be one the area’s pleasant surprises.    Although it lost 10 seniors to graduation, Lawrence…

  • ‘Someone Like You’

    Hollywood has a way of forcing any premise to fit into a tried-and-true formula. This romantic comedy becomes a pretentious, superficial romp with a predictable resolution reestablishing traditional romantic notions by viewing’s end.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams Ashley Judd, left, and Greg Kinnear discuss current events in Someone Like You.    If you’ve seen the trailers for…

  • Learning literature with the Lorax

    Students at Cambridge School recently celebrated Read Across America with an entire week of festivities culminating on March 2, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. By: Sara Peters    It was a day devoted to the art of reading; a day created for the purpose of instilling in youth a love books.    The children were surrounded by those renowned…

  • John Cuccia

       Salvatore John Cuccia, 46, died Saturday, March 24, at home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was raised in Hasbrouck Heights and lived in Hamilton before moving to Lawrenceville 10 years ago.    He graduated from Kean College in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and completed graduate work at Fairleigh Dickinson University. From 1990 to…

  • Robert Core

       Robert V. Core, 76, of Lawrenceville, died Tuesday, March 27, at home.    Born in New York City, he lived in Lawrenceville since 1985.    Mr. Core retired as vice president of Bravo International Importing Co., New York.    He was an Army veteran of World War II.    Mr. Core was a member of St. James Roman Catholic…

  • School tax rate could rise more than 10 cents

    CHESTERFIELD — The average homeowner could see a $224 tax increase this year if the proposed school budget and two special questions are approved by voters on April 17. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The proposed $2.53 million school budget for 2000-2001 represents an increase of close to $177,000 from the current $2,354,810 school budget.    The owner…