What Happened to Freehold, New Jersey?

People’s politics can become unrecognizable. But that doesn’t mean those people are lost. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Remember that Bruce Springsteen song, “My Hometown”? That’s actually my hometown. Not in the figurative sense of “Oh, that reminds me of …” It’s my hometown of Freehold, New Jersey. When I got to high school about 25 years after Bruce, there wasn’t just Freehold High School; “The Boro,” as we called it, was one of five separate campuses within the greater Freehold Regional High School District. Corey Nathan hosts Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other and writes on faith and civic life. His essays have appeared in The Dispatch and The Fulcrum. He came to Christian faith from an observant Jewish upbringing, and writes regularly at coreysnathan.substack.com. More Where I'm From