HARVARD – When Jim Shook bought the Harvard Lanes in January, the longtime candlepin bowling business at 204 Ayer Road faced an uncertain future. So did candlepin bowling. Now, Harvard Lanes is open ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - If you’re traveling through New England and you stop to bowl, you may notice a difference in the pins, depending on the place. We’re turning to the experts to learn the ...

As newer businesses are looking to bring new life into the Worcester-invented pastime of candlepin bowling, the Worcester Historical Museum will open a new exhibit on Dec. 13 to look back at the sport ...

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 ...

The candlepin lanes are open to members only. Worcester was once home to over a dozen candlepin alleys. Candlepin bowling was invented in 1880 in Worcester. WORCESTER ― After the Museum of Worcester ...

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Candlepin bowling has made a triumphant return to its native city. Five years after Worcester’s last candlepin alley, Colonial Bowling Center closed its doors, the sport has been resurrected inside ...

Tonight, we head to Exeter Bowling Lanes where the owner has kept the candlepin destination rolling since the 80's and likes to do business the old-fashioned way. He grew up with a bowling ball in ...

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 ...

A Southbridge man and his late father, who each competed in multiple candlepin bowling championships, are due to be inducted Saturday into the sport’s hall of fame. Steve Renaud and his late father, ...