“He would call; I would answer. And vice versa.” That’s how Paul Hulse described his friendship with Larry Robertiello, whose namesake and memory now live on through Larry’s Home, a transitional home in Little Egg Harbor built specifically for veterans in recovery.

Hulse, who is CEO of nonprofit Just Believe Inc., an organization aimed at providing assistance to homeless and disenfranchised people in Ocean County, had the idea for Larry’s Home after helping Robertiello’s mother, Nancy, clean out…