Beth Distasio News Today

Editor: Despite the frequent and terrible actions in this world, including our country, by humanity, there are still many good people walking the face of this Earth. Tony “The Shoe

Downtown Wilkes-Barre office workers say they are going to miss Tony “The Shoe Guy” Bonczewski, who died earlier this week at age 91, days after he retired. Bonczewski was the owner and cobbler of Jordan National Shoe Repair, having been the first tenant of the Bicentennial Building on Public Square when it opened in 1977. After 76 years in the shoe and accessory repair business, Bonczewski retired on Feb 14. He was to clean the remaining stuff out of his shop on Tuesday, the day he d...