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FRIDAY 07.03.15
Springsteens most
patriotic songs.
Jersey Alive!
Boss joins Brian
Wilson on stage. 3A

HASKELL INVITATIONAL

Historic day for

Monmouth Park
Pharoah riding to N.J. racings rescue

beachedition
YOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHORE

Watch fireworks
explode across sky
Theres nothing like a fireworks display when youre
celebrating Independence Day. Youll have plenty of spots
from which to choose the best view this weekend.

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Victor Espinoza celebrates atop American Pharoah in June after winning the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes,
making the thoroughbred the first horse in 37 years to win horse racings Triple Crown.

STEPHEN EDELSON @STEVEEDELSONAPP

merican Pharoah turned out to be the horse

Its even bigger than the

the sport has been waiting for, the first Triple

Breeders Cup. This is a

Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. h But

Triple Crown winner.

New Jersey has been waiting for a horse like Amer-

People said no one would

ican Pharoah for more than 69 years. h So when Amer-

ever do it again.

ican Pharoah goes postward in the Haskell Invitation-

DENNIS DRAZIN,

ADVISER TO NEW JERSEY

THOROUGHBRED HORSEMENS ASSOCIATION

Show your
colors in
Manasquan

Southsides
back in
Asbury

Dont miss the patriotic bike

decorating contest and
parade, and fireworks at
night.

He returns to The Stone

Pony. Special guest Max
Weinberg plays with the
Weeklings.

All this and more inside! 2A

al on Aug. 2, the first appearance of a Triple Crown

winner at Monmouth Park will be as big as anything
thats ever happened along Oceanport Avenue, or at
any track in the Garden State, for that matter.

IN SPORTS

Happy hour

Racetrack, American Pharoahs owner

planning great day for Haskell. Page 1C

Firebirds, Eatontown: 4 to 6:30 p.m., $4

signature martinis, margaritas and cocktails;
$4 select glasses of wine; $2 off draft beer.

See PHAROAH, Page 18A

The Shore House, Point Pleasant: 6 p.m.
to close: $2 Coors Light drafts, $2.50 Coors
Light bottles; Beat the Bottle, 9 p.m. to
close: $1 mixed drinks; they go up $1 every
hour maxing out at $4

County saves centuries of citizenship

SUSANNE CERVENKA @SCERVENKA

Lillie Ingrid Peterson attempted to look reserved,

with a closed-mouth smile and a floral shirt buttoned to
the collar, as she sat for a photograph. But the gentle
upward curve of the corners of her lips and twinkle in
her light blue eyes hint at a joy thats still evident some
70 years after the photo was taken.
The 62-year-old housewife and mother of five was
about to take the oath that would make her a U.S. citizen, about 45 years after she left her native Sweden on
the SS Oceanic.
Peterson, who made her home in Monmouth Beach

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during the early 1900s, is one of roughly 35,000 people

who became U.S. citizens in Monmouth County over a
nearly 200-year span. Their lives and paths to citizenship are etched in record books that officials
hope to preserve for the future.
The naturalization records give a glimpse of not
only a county but a country founded by immigrants.
They tie together with the 4,000 new Americans who
have taken and will take the Oath of Allegiance in naturalization ceremonies across the country this weekend.
See CITIZENS, Page 5A

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Pazzo, Red Bank: 4 to 7 p.m., $3 drafts and

$5 mixed drinks