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Some area residents and homeless serv­ice providers in Kalihi-­Palama are on edge after police made arrests in the sexual assault of a 50-year-old homeless woman by several men in a derelict bus.

The shoeshining business has been hurt not only by the pandemic, but also by the growing popularity of more casual footwear.

WHAT a fantastic week of music making we had at Skipton Music Festival.

Fantastic home at Moods, Robertstown

A measure that would establish a three-year pilot program at the state Department of Human Services to help houseless individuals fly back to their families on the continental U.S. has progressed in the Legislature. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.

The decline has been exacerbated by the pandemic, remote working and the rise in popularity of more casual workwear when people did return to the office.

NEW YORK -- On a recent winter weekday at Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine, men hop onto shoeshine chairs and pull out newspapers and phones to read while shoeshiners get to work applying polish and elbow grease to loafers, boots and other leather shoes. When finished, these customers hand over $8 in cash at a counter where a sign reads "Were not God, but we do save soles."

The decline has been exacerbated by pandemic, remote working and the rise in popularity of more casual workwear when people did return to office

Shoeshines are losing some luster. Once a common practice, the tradition of getting a quick polish from a rag-toting shoeshiner has become more of a rarity, and many stands have

A well-proportioned family home