The cobbler is 54, young in a business that has grown old. His only child, a son, has already told him he won’t be taking over the family business when his father retires. It’s an honorable profession ...

Not ready to call it quits — and only a few blocks from home — Pohl offered a quick solution: they’d swing by his place so he ...

BRAINTREE - Vincenzo DiRado’s two children would like him to retire. Earlier this year, he put his shop, Vincenzo’s Shoe Repair in Weymouth Landing, up for sale. He took it off the market recently ...

EUSTIS — Customers felt as comfortable as an old shoe at Robert Dunston’s cluttered shop, where they could always count on a cheerful greeting to go with quality service. The 86-year-old practiced a ...

The closet doors open, revealing rows of shoes. Some barely worn. Others showing their age. That pair of leather boots you love but haven't touched in months because of a ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Dave Sherman and Max Paolillo are masters of a disappearing craft.

VERNON — Ray LeFort is an inventor. But the tools of his trade are not high-tech or digital, but old-fashioned leather, hand tools, dye, glue and ingenuity. LeFort recently closed his cobbler shop, ...

Ronald Smith has one more job to complete at the Naval Academy. He hung up his cobbling equipment. He helped his final midshipman. He has no more shoes to be polished, fixed or laced. After 53 years ...