When you live in New England and you hear the word ‘bowling,’ there’s usually been no debate about what that means. Around here, bowling is traditionally assumed to mean candlepin, whereas ...

Worcester’s last candlepin bowling alley will close after six decades in business, marking the end to a pastime that was invented in the city in the 1880s, owner Nick Andreson said Tuesday ...

Colonial Bowling, opened in the 1960s by the Anderson brothers, was once one of many candlepin bowling alleys in the city. Most accounts have Mr. White inventing the game in 1880.

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.

Ask Paul Wambach about his love for candlepin bowling and he always begins by talking about his parents, Pauline and David. “They met at a bowling alley,” Wambach said. “And at 16, my mother ...

It’s that diverse portfolio – all of it made right here in Massachusetts – that’s helped keep the Parrella brothers in business as every other bowling ball manufacturer abandoned the candlepin game.

Today he averages about 103 points, he said. Bowlers enjoy a Sunday afternoon outing at Vacationland Bowling Center which has been open for candlepin bowling for 34 years. Staff photo by Carl D. Walsh ...

Boston's Best Bowling Venues January 5, 2011 / 1:22 PM EST / CBS Boston Whether tenpin is your game, or you're a connoisseur of the locally-bred candlepin game, Boston has a bowling venue for you.

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 ...

PITTSFIELD — In the bowling world, candlepin is what you might call an underdog. It's smaller than tenpin bowling and receives less national exposure, candlepin aficionados will tell you. But in ...