The BRICK Times Vol. 25 - No. 30
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Photo courtesy Pageant Relations Miss New Jersey United States Tiziana Pierini, from Brick, joins a young patient as part of her platform promoting literacy and education in healthcare, especially for children in underserved communities.
By Bob Vosseller BRICK – Township resident Tiziana Pierini recently represented the Garden State in Las Vegas, Nevada displaying grace on stage in numerous competition categories as a contestant of the Miss United States National Pageant. Pierini 22, graduated from Brick High School in 2021. She told The Brick Times that competing in the Miss United States National Pageant was the culmination of a heartfelt journey built on service and purpose. “I first started competing back in June 2024. I had only one goal in mind: I wanted to be more confident in myself and feel beautiful in my own skin. However, it allowed me to make new friends who also share the same passion for charitable work, serving their community, and bettering themselves as a whole,” she added. The competition included onstage questions, an evening gown category, swimsuit category, and a private interview. She was selected to represent New Jersey after winning a competition in Las Vegas back in May. Faith Pierrecharles, who serves (Health Literacy- See Page 5)
Local Couple Scores Second Major Lottery Win
Photo courtesy New Jersey Lottery A couple whose identity was not released have won the lottery…twice.
By Jason Allentoff TOMS RIVER - You know the slogans “Hey, you never know” and “you have to be in it to win it?” A New Jersey couple is defying the odds after winning two major lottery prizes in just six months, a streak so rare that officials estimate the combined chances at roughly one in two trillion. The unidentified Ocean County couple, who have two children and another on the way, recently claimed a $3 million top prize from the Jackpot Millions ScratchOff ticket. The winning ticket was purchased at the Fischer Bay Exxon on Fischer Boulevard in Toms River. Only three top prizes exist in the $30 game, and the odds of winning one are about one in 2 million. (Lottery Win - See Page 5)
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Construction Students Build House During Hands-On Education
Photo by Chris Lundy Jeremy Dusza, principal of the adult education program, speaks of how important field experience like this is. By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – On a construction site in Bayville, hammers and nails are the pencils and test papers. This is because this donated lot is being used as a classroom by the Ocean County Vocational Technical School. There are 23 students, ages 18 to 35, who are building a house to be auctioned off. The teacher, Harold “Skip” Peters gave an example of how hard they’ve been working. “Some of these students couldn’t read a measuring tape in September,” he said. Now, they’re doing almost everything: framing, insulation, sheetrock, doors, windows, siding, roofing, tile and cabinets. They don’t do electrical or plumbing work, but just about every aspect of this home will have been done by the students and overseen by a teacher. He expects that this house could sell for more than $500,000. It will be placed on a government auction website and the money earned will fund future builds. Peters gave tours of the framed building, taking people through the one-car garage, up a short run of stairs into a utility room where there will be hook-ups for a washer and dryer. Officials, neighbors, and special guests stood where there will one day be bedrooms and bathrooms. The property is 100 feet wide on the street, and goes 400 feet back. The huge, wooded back yard is landlocked so there’s no other development there. The home is being built on Gladney Avenue, which goes west off Route 9. There’s a strange mix of homes – one of which had farm animals looking over a fence (Students - See Page 5)
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