Bacchiocchi

But Bacchiocchi and his shoe-repair store on Stage Road in the village stuck around, and even though that "good economy" he spoke about isn't that good anymore, sticking around is paying off.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Back then, Bacchiocchi watched one cobbler after another close shop, as the number of customers waned, the craftsmen grew older, and the young chose higher-paying desk jobs over learning a skilled craft.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Bacchiocchi and other cobblers (those still around, that is) claim to have seen as much as a 35 percent uptick in business over the last year, thanks to the worst economy since the Great Depression ...

Lance Mannion: 2009

MONROE — It was eight years ago that Jim Bacchiocchi lamented the end of his industry.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Back then, Bacchiocchi watched one cobbler after another close shop, as the number of customers waned, the craftsmen grew older, and the young chose higher-paying desk jobs over learning a skilled craft.

Heeling the economy, saving the nation's sole 2009

Bacchiocchi and other cobblers (those still around, that is) claim to have seen as much as a 35 percent uptick in business over the last year, thanks to the worst economy since the Great Depression ...

Heeling the economy, saving the nation's sole 2009

But Bacchiocchi and his shoe-repair store on Stage Road in the village stuck around, and even though that "good economy" he spoke about isn't that good anymore, sticking around is paying off.

Heeling the economy, saving the nation's sole 2009

MONROE — It was eight years ago that Jim Bacchiocchi lamented the end of his industry.

Heeling the economy, saving the nation's sole 2009

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Grieving friends who grew up with Bacchiocchi are flying back from California, Arizona and other states to attend his funeral, said John Throckmorton, a friend of Bacchiocchi since sixth grade.

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