• Broadway- Gateway blight challenged

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Alawsuit filed against the city of Long Branch charges that the process used by the city to designate properties as “in need of redevelopment” in the Broadway Gateway redevelopment zone was unconstitutional and should be overturned. The suit filed in state Superior Court in Freehold April 8 on behalf of…

  • Friends play the game Frankie loved

    Inaugural Frankie and Friends Invitational held BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer On Saturday, April 18, four baseball teams took the field at West Long Branch’s Valenzano Park to remember one young man who touched the lives of many. CHRIS KELLY staff Frank Caltabilota Sr. speaks about his son during the opening ceremonies of the Frankie…

  • Carmela Granato

    Mrs. Granato, 97, of Long Branch, died April 4, 2009, at Monmouth Care Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by her husband, Ermanno Celestino; and a sister, Enza Mazza. She is survived by a daughter, Clelia Mazza Dalia of Eatontown; a sister, Angela Scognamiglio of New York; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Entombment was at…

  • Mary T. Garreffa

    Mrs. Garreffa, 92, of Boca Raton, Fla., and formerly of West Long Branch, died April 9, 2009, at home. She was a retired assembly worker at Goody Hair Curlers Co. Mrs. Garreffa was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Garreffa, in 1995. She is survived by a son, Joseph Montclair; two daughters, Arlene Mount and Carol…

  • James A. Espinoza

    Mr. Espinoza, 50, of Long Branch, died April 7, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He had resided in Middletown before relocating to Long Branch 15 years ago. Mr. Espinoza was a dockbuilder at Phoenix Marine, Sayreville, for 30 years. He is survived by his parents, Anthony Espinoza of Middletown…

  • Richard S. Gager

    Mr. Gager, 56, of Oceanport, died April 6, 2009, at St Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. He resided in North Long Branch, prior to relocating to Oceanport. He was a respiratory therapist at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, and Jersey Shore University Medial Center, Neptune, for more than 30 years, retiring five…

  • Frances Fabiano Foderaro

    Mrs. Foderaro, 94, of Eatontown, died April 6, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard Foderaro Sr., in 1992. She is survived by two sons, Leonard Foderaro Jr. of Sayreville, and Steven F. Foderaro of Ocean; three daughters, Phyllis Clinton and Jacqueline Cone, both of Eatontown, and Marylu Roebuck of Ocean; 14…

  • Joseph James Marcello Sr.

    Mr. Marcello, 85, of Eatontown, died April 5, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a retired machinist at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, where he was employed 34 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Antoinette Marie Marcello, in 2002; four brothers, Frank, Anthony, Charles and Nicholas; and three sisters, Julia, Theresa and Margaret.…

  • VickiLea Kammler Giebler

    Mrs. Giebler, 57, of Highlands, died April 5, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Long Branch, prior to relocating to Highlands, in January. She is survived by her husband, Walter Giebler, of Highlands; her mother, Maria Kammler of Pensacola, Fla.; two sons, Arthur Cathcart of Highlands, and David Cathcart of…

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