Interview postponed

The Observer’s interview with David Paszkiewicz has been postponed. We will keep you up to date when a date for the interview is rescheduled.

Castelli breaks ranks, makes statements

By Kevin Canessa Jr.Observer Editor
KEARNY — Board of Education member Paul Castelli has broken ranks with the rest of the Board and has gone on record with statements that harshly criticize Matthew LaClair and his parents.
In a phone interview with The Observer May 15, Castelli says he was the lone dissenter last week when the [...]

LaClairs, school board come to agreement

The New York Times is reporting today that the LaClair family and the Kearny Board of Education have come to an agreement, thus ending a seven-month saga on the separation of church and state. We’ll have local reaction to the news in the May 16 edition of The Observer.

Kearny BOE meeting much calmer this month

KEARNY — The Board of Education had its monthly meeting last night, and it was considerably calmer this time around.
Several people addressed the Board — including supporters of David Paszkiewicz and of Matthew LaClair.
There was only one contentious moment when Nicholas Lento, of Cliffside Park, refused to stop speaking when he five-minute period ended. Board [...]

Entire letters from this week’s newspaper

In this week’s newspaper, there were several letter excerpts. Following are some of the letters in their entirety. More to come later.To the Publisher:
I come to you with some respect, but also offended by your comments on your last issue. You said that our children were used for the cause of Professor Paszkiewicz. I find [...]

‘From the Mayor’s Desk’ debuts Wednesday

Coming up Wednesday in The Observer, “From the Mayor’s Desk” makes its debut. This is a new column that will appear, periodically, in our newspaper. In the first installment, Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos writes about the situation involving Kearny High School history teacher David Paszkiewicz and Kearny High School junior Matt LaClair. You’ll absolutely [...]

Recording: Paszkiewicz denies making comments

Kearny High School junior Matt LaClair dropped a bombshell on the Board of Education earlier this week when he assured them that history teacher David Paszkiewicz had initially denied making statements about going to hell (and other related topics) when the two met in October in Principal Al Somma’s office.
LaClair gave the Board a CD [...]

Audio from Feb. 20 Board of Education meeting

Click here to listen to the entire public speaking portion of the Feb. 20 meeting of the Kearny Board of Education.
Please note: You will need QuickTime of iTunes to listen to this file.

Kearny the focus of New York media tonight

KEARNY — Hundreds of residents, a majority of whom were in support of embattled Kearny High School history teacher David Paszkiewicz, filled the auditorium at Washington School Feb. 20 as the Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting.
The atmosphere at the meeting was circus-like, as more than 10 members of the media — including [...]

Images from Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting

Kearny High School history teacher David Paszkiewicz answers questions from the New York City television media. Nearly all local TV stations had reporters at the meeting.

David Paszkiewicz’s mother-in-law speaks with a Phil Lipof, of WABC-TV, prior to tonight’s meeting.

Paszkiewicz answers more questions, from TV news crews and from The New York Times.

A supporter of Paszkiewicz [...]