LAKELAND | In this age of low-price, big-box stores, planned obsolescence and throw-away culture, a store focusing on repairing sewing machines and vacuum cleaners might seem a quaint notion indeed.
MURFREESBORO — Since Kenneth Leonard Jr. was 13 years old, he has worked selling and servicing vacuums and sewing machines at Murfreesboro Vacuum & Sewing Center. Leonard, 47, learned his trade from ...