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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 ...

WOBURN (CBS) – At Woburn Bowladrome, the sounds you hear aren't just pins crashing. There's laughter and cheers on a regular basis as well. Candlepin bowling, with roots in New England, is a draw for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Go bowling almost anywhere in the world, from California to Copenhagen, and it’s going to look pretty much the same. Weighty, nearly nine-inch balls being hurled down a lane toward 10 hefty, ...

WORCESTER — According to the most recent figures, there are 331,002,651 people living in the United States. Susan Mara Bregman is one of about 331,000,651 who have never rolled a strike in candlepin ...

SPRINGFIELD – Ronald F. Cappa has a real-life candlepin challenge. It's not the old television show, but business challenge of restarting the Westfield Bowling Center on Church Street where no one has ...

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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 ...

Depending on where you live, you may have different images that come to mind when someone says, "Let's go bowling!" For most Americans it's Big Lebowski-style bowling (officially known as ten-pin) ...