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Business will carry on at Ernesto’s Barber Shop, but will do so without the man it was named after. Ernesto Falbo hung up his clippers on Friday after keeping heads neat and tidy in the Glebe for nearly 50 years.

“We’ve been like a family here for 48 years, but soon or later you have to do it,” Falbo said.

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Falbo, 75, became the owner of Martella Barber Shop in 1970, renaming it Ernesto’s in short order. Over the years, Falbo said he’s had customers of all ages, from “one years old to 85.”

Falbo sold the barber shop five years ago to the owner of Sunnyside Barber Shop, just up the road from Ernesto’s on Bank Street. Sam Alnusry, now the owner of both shops, said he and Falbo have become very close in the five short years they’ve known each other.

“He’s a very nice, honest guy, and I would say he’s the best barber in town,” Alnusry said. “He’s one of the best friends I’ve ever had.”

Alnusry has owned the Sunnyside shop for 13 years. He said things won’t be the same at Ernesto’s without its former owner, but the service will remain the same. “It will be different in the beginning, because we depended on him a lot. But the staff there will be doing the same things, and they know all the clients.”