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 ...

WORCESTER – The Museum of Worcester is celebrating 150 years, and one of their featured exhibits showcases the city's storied ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 candlepin bowling — in the city that invented this favorite pastime — and grab a pizza at a new American Flatbread location at The Cove in Worcester, overlooking Polar Park in the Canal District ...

The opening of American Flatbread on Saturday marks the return of a public candlepin center to the city where the sport was invented. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN FLATBREAD After a five-year hiatus, ...

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 ...