SALISBURY — When it came down to it, all Pat Weddington wanted was a hand-stitcher and a polisher to help with repairs he sometimes had to make to shoes he and his wife were selling on eBay.

It wasn’t that long ago that the shoe repair business in Buffalo was on rocky ground. Then, out of the blue came Brian Gavigan who was looking for a career change. Gavigan began apprenticing with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 10—Terry Moss has been saving soles and fixing heels at 1216 Triplett St. for 40 years. During those years at Moss Shoe ...

Some decades in the past, a group of tenacious shoe repair people started haranguing Congress for what could be called special recognition. Amazingly enough, 20 years ago, they accomplished their ...