Janice Harayda
Apr 23, 2023

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His birthplace technically was the Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. But NJ has weird ways of dividing up municipalities — all those townships! —and Long Branch might now be or might then have been part of Asbury Park. The names of hospitals get changed, too.

But you’re right: Those people who think Freehold is a “beach town” definitely got something mixed up.

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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