Go candlepin bowling — in the city that invented this favorite pastime — and grab a pizza at a new American Flatbread location at The Cove in Worcester, overlooking Polar Park in the Canal District ...

The plan by the landlord, Law Family Cos., has changed and the bowling alley struck out. (A baseball term, I know).

Though candlepin bowling used to be a New England institution, the last alley closed in Worcester in 2020. "Candlepin is such a great family sport, friends. We want leagues to come back.

The score was matched in 2011 by Haverhill local Chris Sargent. Despite the sport's deep Worcester roots, the last candlepin bowling alley in the sport's birthplace, Colonial Bowling, closed its doors ...

Forty years ago at a now-defunct alley in Westfield, Semb bowled a 245 (out of 300) — the highest score in the history of candlepin bowling. His record, which included a remarkable seven ...

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 ...

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 ...

A picture by local photographer George Cocaine of a candlepin bowling alley in the mid-1900s hangs in the Worcester Historical Museum's exhibit. New England has a lot of unique, quirky customs: ...

The Worcester Historical Museum is opening an exhibit detailing the history of a sport that originated in Massachusetts’ second-largest city — candlepin bowling. The exhibit is the result of a ...

And it doesn't spare any nostalgia. For those who roll, the candlepin bowling alley has been ingrained in the social fabric of the Goffstown/Manchester neighborhood for parts of 10 decades.

A Massachusetts nurse recently set a record in the world of candlepin bowling ... piece of the record to Massachusetts and our bowling alley.” Rowe, originally of Stoughton, started as a ...

Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley is a beloved neighborhood gem, housed by two small rooms giving a look into a sport your New England raised grandparents are most likely more familiar with. It has become ...