MONROE – Officials of the Village of Kiryas Joel are mourning the death of former Monroe Town Supervisor Harley Doles, who died on Saturday of an apparent heart attack.
Mayor Abraham Wieder said Doles was instrumental in “laying the groundwork for the peaceful division of the Village of Kiryas Joel and the Town of Monroe with the establishment of the Town of Palm Tree.”
Ari Felberman, the government relations coordinator for the village, said Doles had “a long career in public service and he was a strong advocate for the causes he believed in, including the housing and educational rights of Hasidic residents of the Hudson Valley.”
