"A barbershop should be a man's playground," said Michael Blake who is bringing younger clientele to his grandfather's Westmere shop.

When the sheriff, after getting a tip on drug trafficking, was ready to go in with the search warrant, a flurry of activity, which he didn’t anticipate, was going on at the motel.

According to the Guilderland Police report, Lisa Ann Duff stole a pair of 1.25-carat diamond stud earrings and a pear-shaped diamond necklace, valued at more than $7,500.

A 17-year-old's 2011 Chevrolet Malibu left the roadway, collided with a culvert, and became airborne, coming to a rest after rolling over, according to a release from the Guilderland Police Department.

“It’s important to remember that the traffic study was commissioned by, and for, the applicant,” said Bryan Clenahan, a county legislator who lives near the proposed luxury-apartment project, and opposes it. “It was also based on a prior plan and is therefore now irrelevant.”

GUILDERLAND — The town’s senior services will get a new home soon, on Frenchs Mill Road, at the site of the old Bavarian Chalet.

Peter Kilmer failed multiple field sobriety tests, and was taken into custody, where he registered a blood alcohol content of .17, the release said.

Kyle Pianowski was removed from his car, and a search of the vehicle revealed that he had four envelopes of heroin, 10 hydrocodone pills, and a hypodermic needle in his possession; tests at the station determined Pianowski was under the influence of heroin, said the report.

GUILDERLAND — Matthew C. Woelfersheim, 37, pleaded guilty to burglary and arson in Albany County Court on March 21, before Judge Stephen Herrick, and faces time in state prison.

Father Peter Young said his moral guide in life is the Beatitudes, written in the Bible as teachings from Jesus. “It is a struggle between following the Beatitudes and following state regulations,” he said.