When 24 teams from the Northeast and Canada come to Boutwell’s Bowling Center in Concord this week for an international competition, they’ll be playing at the biggest candlepin bowling arena in the ...

WORCESTER — Candlepin bowling has always been right up Worcester's alley. For one thing, according to many accounts the sport was invented in Worcester in 1880 by Justin "Pop" White, the owner of a ...

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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Pins are crashing. Bowling balls are rolling. Funkytown is playing on the stereo. It's a typical Saturday afternoon in November at "D'Amanda's," a candlepin bowling alley and arcade ...

When we hear the term ‘bowling’, most of us think of what is known as ten-pin bowling, yet this is only one of the many variations. Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — ...

WHITINSVILLE — A while ago, in the years between Morse code and Twitter, Saturday Morning Bowling was more popular around these parts than Monday Night Football. OK, to be precise, it was High Noon ...

At the corner of Springfield Pike and Worthington Avenue sits the Wyoming Civic Center. The building is an ideal space for wedding receptions and various other social events. But a walk downstairs to ...

‘Strikes, Spares & Deadwood,’ a new exhibition on display through March, is a compelling reminder that candlepin, which originated in Worcester, was once king ERVING — On a recent weekday afternoon, ...