Ads of the Day: Putting a focus on shoe leather. Who gets their shoes repaired today? More likely, the walkers in shoes throw them out and buy a new pair. But, several decades ago shoe repairmen were ...

MANITOWOC, Wis. — When Jim Polsene entered a shoe repair shop in Woodstock, Ill., looking for a job 40 years ago, he never thought shoe repair would become his career. Jim's Shoe Repair has been part ...

For me, there is always something fun and interesting about plowing through a volume of the city directories that were published for this region from the 1860s until the early 1980s. For this column, ...

The telephone rings inside the tiny shoe repair shop off Central Avenue. Anna Conte quietly answers the phone hanging on the wall beside her. "Colonie Shoe Repair," she says. It's another telemarketer ...

In spite of our best efforts, ours is still in many ways a “throw away” society. But there are exceptions, such as a favorite pair of shoes that fit like a glove. When those favorite boots, shoes or ...