Ballot questions, 6 1 Drug bust, 1 8 1 Heroin save, 22 THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 2014 gmnews.com S e n t in e l North Brunswick • South Brunswick Four contenders seek terms on school board By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer our candidates will seek three available seats on the North Brunswick Board of Education in the Nov. 4 election. FEach of the terms is for three years. David Brockman, Amanda Guadagnino and Jessica McNulty are running together for their first terms, and Shamama Siddiqui is also seeking her first term. Board members Connie Corbin, Ram Tirumala and Seema Moondra are not seek­ ing re-election. Brockman, 37, has lived in North Brunswick for 35 years. He is married and has an 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daugh­ ter. He received a Bachelor of Science de­ gree in mechanical contracting technology from Kean University. He is a project man­ ager at Bristol-Myers Squibb - Bancroft Construction Co. He is involved in the North Brunswick Soccer Association and the North Brunswick Baseball and Softball Associa­ tion. He is coach of a U-9 Boys travel team and assistant coach of the Division 6 recre­ ation team for the soccer association. He is also a PTO member. Brockman spent nine years in the North Brunswick school system, attended a pri­ SCOTT FRIEDMAN vate high school and is now the father of two children in the public school system. Deanna Graullch, left to right, Dominique Speed and Erin LaVielie get ready to walk as the Stellar All Stars cheerleading program raises He said that although the school sys­ funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness during an Oct. 19 waik-a-thon at North Brunswick Community Park. tem’s profile, standards and culture have changed since he was a student, he wants to ensure that his children and all other chil­ dren are receiving the high level of educa­ Two vying for mayoral seat in South Brunswick tion that he received. By KATHY CHANG Gambatese, 78, of Kendall Park, has Brunswick have been his focus throughout “My profession allows me to work with Staff Writer lived in the township for 22 years. He and his public career. teams of skilled people to bring projects to oters heading to the polls Nov. 4 will his late wife, Ellen Marie, had five children “The voters of South Brunswick have successful completions,” he said. “1 am hop­ choose between two candidates and 11 grandchildren. He attended Rutgers elected me to office twice as deputy mayor ing that by allowing me the opportunity to seeking to serve as mayor of South University for two years, concentrating on and three times in the capacity of mayor,” work with the other Board of Education accounting. He worked as an accountant at he said. “I have served our community for members and administration, we will be able VBrunswick for the next four years. to better our school ratings, work to improve Incumbent Mayor Frank Gambatese is ITT for 37 years. the past 17 years. I believe I have demon­ seeking his fourth term, while Republican Before moving to South Brunswick, strated that the residents of South the existing capacity issues and figure out a Paul Saltin is challenging the Democrat. Gambatese served as mayor of West Pater­ Brunswick Township have a mayor they can way to partner with parents more effectively Voters will also elect a member of the son. He began serving his community as a trust.” in the fast-paced world that surrounds us.” Township Council. The sole candidate, De­ Board of Education member as his children Gambatese said his administration has Guadagnino, 38, is a lifelong resident of mocrat Christopher J. 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On holidays, the hours were even longer — he was sometimes found napping on the 100-pound bags of flour, according to his daughter, Carmela Scala-Paladino. Scala was bom in San Paolo Belsito, a small province of Naples, Italy, on March 19, 1933. One of seven brothers and a sister, he was forced to stop school at a young age due to World War II but then went on to work in a food market until he was 18, Scala-Paladino said. “During the war, we were not able to go to school, so when the opportunity came up my older brother was taught how to bake, and then he taught the rest of us how to bake,” her father said. PHOTOS BY FRANK W0JCIECH0WSKI Scala came to the United States at age 18 Giuseppe Scala takes apple turnovers from the oven at the family-owned Scala Bakery in North Brunswick. on the S.S. Constitution. After an eight-day ocean journey, he arrived at the 42nd Street port in New York City on Oct. 15, 1951. His brother Pasquale, who learned how to bake in Italy, took him under his wing. They worked together in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for more than three years. Exactly four years after Guiseppe Scala came to the U.S., on Oct. 15, 1955, they opened their first Scala Bros. Pas­ try Shop at 522 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn. A third brother, Luigi, then came over from Italy and joined them along with their sister Stella, who worked the front of the bakery. In 1956, the Scalas opened another bak­ ery in Bayshore, Long Island. The bakeries were doing well, so their other brothers Nicola, Guido and Orlando came from Italy, too. They opened their third location at 7017 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, in 1960. Their final brother, Paolo, who is handi­ Giuseppe Scala, left to right; his brother, Nicola; his son, Paul; and capped, came over for a few years after see­ his brother, Pasquale, bake together in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1978. ing his siblings’ success, Scala-Paladino said. “My brothers and I worked and lived to­ in one of the baking machines. Giuseppe Scala gether. Times were different and the cost of Paul Scala opened his first bakery in New semi-retired around living was cheaper, so we were able to save Brunswick in 1978. At the same time, the age 70, working only enough money to buy our first business in a Scala Brothers sold their bakery in Brooklyn three to four days a Giuseppe Scala bakes with his son, Paul, at their family-owned Scala few years. My older brother and I had just and Guiseppe Scala joined his son Paul in week, but still fre­ Bakery in North Brunswick.