Kiryas Joel News

Voters who head to the polls Tuesday have a slew of tough decisions to make, as the region's 34 public school districts struggle with an ever-tightening financial crunch.

The proposed 2013-14 budgets for the mid-Hudson's school districts show the financial squeeze is getting tighter yet.

Attorneys for three municipalities suing to halt construction of Kiryas Joel's water pipeline allege the village is installing a wider pipe than it promised without analyzing the resulting impact of increased water flow and population growth in Kiryas Joel.

Gender-discrimination lawsuits brought long ago by two former Monroe-Woodbury School District administrators edged forward last week when a federal judge scheduled jury selection and a trial to begin on Sept.

Please note: This lecture was rescheduled from March 18 .it is now on Tuesday, May 28.

Tens of thousands of Satmar Hasidim are expected to descend on Kiryas Joel Saturday night and dance for hours around a giant bonfire for an annual religious celebration known as Lag Baomer.