Crossgates Mall asked for and got variances from the zoning board on Feb. 21 to put up signs on its Western Avenue hotel that, combined, are seven times bigger than normally allowed. The signs are needed, the board decided, to identify the five-story, 121,000-square-foot hotel.

Guilderland wants to receive applications for a new town justice within two weeks and appoint someone by April 3, according to Supervisor Peter Barber. The appointee would replace Richard Sherwood, who faces felony charges in connection with $4 million stolen from estate funds Sherwood and another attorney managed.

Logan Altieri of Guilderland earned $1,500 in less than one minute during last week’s winter break from school.

Starbucks-owned Teavana had better advertising, Short and Stout Tea’s owner Joyce Zacharewicz said, but she has loyal customers who like to support local businesses.

Police say a Schenectady man recklessly damaged a piece of anti-theft equipment worth $5,000.

GUILDERLAND — On Tuesday, the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, suspended Richard J. Sherwood from the office of justice of Guilderland Town Court. The court ordered that he be suspended immediately with pay.

Guilderland town judge Richard J. Sherwood and financial advisor Thomas Lagan were arrested Friday on felony charges, including grand larceny and scheme to defraud, following an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, which says they stole $4 million from trusts they oversaw.

Two of Guilderland’s longest-established golf courses are closing.

His congregation may be small, but his vision is large.

GUILDERLAND — Who better to demonstrate to children that there is joy to be found in playing musical instruments than other, older kids?