Yankee Lanes Kids delight in the Galactic bowling here, while grown-ups go in for the leagues and 32 lanes (with ten-pin). Every Friday night there’s karaoke from 7pm till 11pm, and local bands ...

Leaguers and walk-ins alike find bowling bliss among these 20 U.S. Bowling Congress-sanctioned lanes – all of them for games of 10-pin and using vintage Brunswick A-2 pinsetters.

Candlepin is a less common form of bowling invented in Worcester, Massachusetts in the 1880’s by Justin White that never quite seemed to flourish outside of New England; mainly due to its lack of ...

Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — has been around since 1880, yet is mostly played within the US New England and Canadian Maritime provinces.

From its heydey in the 1950s, when candlepin bowling was offered in as many as 5,000 bowling alleys in the U.S., often alongside 10-pin and duckpin bowling, it has contracted to a niche that isn ...

The atmosphere at D'Amanda's may sound like regular bowling, but with one look, it's obvious this is not classic 10-pin big ball bowling. Eleven-year-old Lola Stratton holds a candlepin ball.

At least eight candlepin centers in Massachusetts have closed since 2000, including Ficco’s Bowladrome in Franklin, which closed in 2015 after 79 years of operation, and Colonial Bowling Center ...

Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — has been around since 1880, yet is mostly played within the US New England and Canadian Maritime provinces.

Harvard Lanes isn’t the only Central Massachusetts candlepin alley to change hands in 2024. In March, the 16-lane Bayberry Bowling Center in Spencer was sold to the operator of the Acton Bowladrome.

Candlepin bowling originated in Wooster, Massachusetts, in the 1880s. Justin White is credited with inventing the sport, and John J. Monsey helped regulate the game and spread it across the state.