At the corner of Springfield Pike and Worthington Avenue sits the Wyoming Civic Center. The building is an ideal space for wedding receptions and various other social events. But a walk downstairs to ...

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 ...

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 candlepin bowling alley in Maine is hanging on with support from its community, and hoping to revive the sport across New England. We report next on a bid to save candlepin bowling. People with ties ...

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) ...

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 ...

Hidden at the end of a narrow alleyway in the quaint town of Shelburne Falls – most recently featured in The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti – lies an unusual business that’s barely changed since its ...

Nic and Caitlin Pszenny have owned Cape Ann Lanes in Gloucester since 2016 — but their history with the 63-year old candlepin bowling alley goes back much further than that. "I've bowled there for a ...

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 ...

A new exhibit at the Worcester Historical Museum will feature artifacts related to candlepin bowling, a sport invented in Worcester. PHOTO COURTESY OF WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM As newer businesses ...