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 ...

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.

Bowling has always been an art form as well as a sport, with each bowler delivering the ball in their own, often colorful, style. Over the last 100 years, those ...

Ellen was consistent, bowling mark-free games of 47 and 42, and for my part, I had two games of 62 and 65. All jesting aside, the candlepin center is alive and well in that area of Massachusetts.

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 ...

The duckpin single-game record is 272. Abel has bowled a 202. “It is a shame there aren’t more duckpin and candlepin lanes down here,” said Rondelli. “So many people move down here from up ...

Candlepin bowling, unique to New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, has likely played a part in countless more love stories over the past 140 years, and though its popularity was ...

But running a bowling center is not easy, said the Dubes. She is 69 and he is 71. Days are long and the business is at its busiest on nights and weekends. “My husband worked a lot of nights and ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Two longtime friends and business partners are planning to open a duckpin bowling alley in downtown Bristol, Tennessee. Chip Zimmerman, 47, and his business partner, Martin ...

Rosa Gwinn and her partner made a New Year's resolution to visit every remaining duckpin bowling alley in the United States. Gwinn talks about their mission and why the sport is so difficult.