The Buffalo News: Niagara County

Newfane dentist sentenced for fraud — Google 翻訳
Newfane dentist Scott D. Geise was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $125,000 to insurance companies and the federal government for health care and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. reported Monday.

Assistant Boy Scout leader accused of sexually assaulting 2 boys — Google 翻訳
The Greater Niagara Frontier Council of Boy Scouts has removed a longtime assistant Boy Scout leader who served a troop in one of the largest churches in the Northtowns, after he was charged with sexual-related contact with two boys under the age of 13.

Support for convict dismays Falls police — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS -- Police officers expressed dismay last week over the man leaders in the black community have chosen as their latest symbol of racial inequality when it comes to city law enforcement.

Weather prevails for kickoff of Canal Fest in Tonawandas — Google 翻訳
NORTH TONAWANDA -- “The sun is behind the clouds, everybody is cool, and everybody is having fun,” Larry Denef said Sunday afternoon, and he considered all of that to be a blessing.

Falls School Board adopts plan with early-retirement incentive — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS -- The School Board adopted an early-retirement incentive program last week that an administrator said could save the school district about $2 million over the next five years.

County will seek $250 million, electricity from Power Authority — Google 翻訳
LOCKPORT -- When negotiators for Niagara County and the New York Power Authority sit down next month, the county will be playing for a big jackpot.

Primary set for GOP committee — Google 翻訳
WHEATFIELD -- Last year's Republican battle for town supervisor between then-incumbent Timothy E. Demler and challenger Robert B. Cliffe was a direct faceoff, won by Cliffe.

Residents urged to visit local attractions — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS--For the first time, Niagara County's main tourist promotion agency is reaching out to local residents, suggesting that they become “tourists” in their own home towns.

City welcomes presence of 16 police recruits — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS--The 16 new recruits in the city Police Department “will increase the force and reduce our overtime,” City Administrator Donna D. Owens said.

Construction will close block of Whirlpool Street — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS--Construction will close a one-block section of Whirlpool Street between Ashland Avenue and Elmwood Avenue starting today, according to the city Office of Engineering.

Wurlitzer Foundation gives $5,000 to History Museum — Google 翻訳
NORTH TONAWANDA--The North Tonawanda History Museum has received a$ 5,000 grant from the Chicagobased Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation.

Few Falls attractions, but lots of competition for space — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS -- Mickey Singh can look out the window of his family's Niagara Street restaurant and measure the kind of day he's going to have by the number of cars in the parking lot across the street.

Lockport's Old Home Week a century in the making — Google 翻訳
LOCKPORT -- It's perhaps the largest collection of events in the city in a century.

Calamar proposes medical site — Google 翻訳
WHEATFIELD -- A proposal to build the first part of a planned medical campus at Woodlands Corporate Center East came before the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board last week.

Retirement incentive program adopted by board to save money — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA FALLS -- The School Board adopted an early-retirement incentive program last week that an administrator said could save the school district about $2 million over the next five years.