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VOLUME 136
NUMBER 158
SINCE 1879
FRIDAY 07.03.15
Watch fireworksexplode across skyTheres nothing like a fireworks
display when yourecelebrating Independence Day. Youll have plenty
of spotsfrom which to choose the best view this weekend.
Show yourcolors inManasquanDont miss the patriotic
bikedecorating contest andparade, and fireworks atnight.
Southsidesback inAsburyHe returns to The StonePony. Special
guest MaxWeinberg plays with theWeeklings.
Happy hourFirebirds, Eatontown: 4 to 6:30 p.m., $4signature
martinis, margaritas and cocktails;$4 select glasses of wine; $2
off draft beer.
The Shore House, Point Pleasant: 6 p.m.to close: $2 Coors Light
drafts, $2.50 CoorsLight bottles; Beat the Bottle, 9 p.m. toclose:
$1 mixed drinks; they go up $1 everyhour maxing out at $4
Pazzo, Red Bank: 4 to 7 p.m., $3 drafts and$5 mixed drinks
beacheditionYOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHORE
All this and more inside! 2A
ADVICE JERSEY ALIVE!BUSINESS 16ACLASSIFIED 4DCOMICS JERSEY
ALIVE!LOCAL 3A
LOTTERIES 2AOBITUARIES 17AOPINION 10ASPORTS 1CWEATHER 6C
BP TO PAY $18.7 BILLION SETTLEMENT IN OIL RIG DISASTER PAGE
1B
Springsteens mostpatriotic songs.Jersey Alive!
Boss joins BrianWilson on stage. 3A
Lillie Ingrid Peterson attempted to look reserved,with a
closed-mouth smile and a floral shirt buttoned tothe collar, as she
sat for a photograph. But the gentleupward curve of the corners of
her lips and twinkle inher light blue eyes hint at a joy thats
still evident some70 years after the photo was taken.
The 62-year-old housewife and mother of five wasabout to take
the oath that would make her a U.S. citi-zen, about 45 years after
she left her native Sweden onthe SS Oceanic.
Peterson, who made her home in Monmouth Beach
during the early 1900s, is one of roughly 35,000 peoplewho
became U.S. citizens in Monmouth County over anearly 200-year span.
Their lives and paths to citi-zenship are etched in record books
that officialshope to preserve for the future.
The naturalization records give a glimpse of notonly a county
but a country founded by immigrants.They tie together with the
4,000 new Americans whohave taken and will take the Oath of
Allegiance in natu-ralization ceremonies across the country this
week-end.
County saves centuries of citizenshipSUSANNE CERVENKA
@SCERVENKA
See CITIZENS, Page 5A
American Pharoah turned out to be the horsethe sport has been
waiting for, the first TripleCrown winner since Affirmed in 1978. h
ButNew Jersey has been waiting for a horse like Amer-
ican Pharoah for more than 69 years. h So when Amer-
ican Pharoah goes postward in the Haskell Invitation-
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.
HASKELL INVITATIONAL
Pharoah riding to N.J. racings rescue
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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.
Historic day forMonmouth Park
STEPHEN EDELSON @STEVEEDELSONAPP
See PHAROAH, Page 18A
Its even bigger than the
Breeders Cup. This is a
Triple Crown winner.
People said no one would
ever do it again.
DENNIS DRAZIN, ADVISER TO NEW JERSEYTHOROUGHBRED HORSEMENS
ASSOCIATION
IN SPORTS
Racetrack, American Pharoahs ownerplanning great day for
Haskell. Page 1C