WALDOBORO, Maine — With more Americans planting their feet in throwaway shoes and athletic footwear, the neighborhood shoe repair shop might seem like a relic from the past and a candidate for ...

Walk into almost any shoe repair store and it’s like stepping back in time with the smells of polish, glue and leather, and shelves of worn shoes that call to mind a cobbler shop from another century.

We talked to two shoe artisans who have not only survived but at times have more business than they can handle: Greg Martens of Olde Town Cobbler in Wauwatosa and Bruce Cziske of Shoe Healers in ...

Don't throw away that favorite pair of worn leather shoes! Enrico "Henry" Disano, owner of Henry's Shoe Repair Shop on North Street, may be able to make them as good as new. "I've been in the shoe ...