The region is the birthplace of candlepin bowling – invented in 1880 in Worcester, Massachusetts – and pretty much the only place the sport is played (as well as in neighboring parts of Canada).

Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — has been around since 1880, yet is mostly played within the US New England and Canadian Maritime provinces.

TRESSA VERSTEEG, BYLINE: It's a Saturday afternoon at D'Amanda's, a candlepin bowling alley in Ellsworth, Maine. It may sound like classic tenpin, but it's not.

Colonial Bowling, opened in the 1960s by the Anderson brothers, was once one of many candlepin bowling alleys in the city. Most accounts have Mr. White inventing the game in 1880.

“I find it very funny when people say candlepin versus traditional bowling,” Maddy said. “For us, this is traditional bowling.” There are some key differences between candlepin and 10-pin.

WORCESTER – One-hundred-forty years after a city billiards hall is credited with creating the sport, the last candlepin bowling hall in Worcester has closed its doors. Colonial Bowling Center on ...

A Massachusetts nurse recently set a record in the world of candlepin bowling. Jenny Rowe, of Franklin, broke the woman’s record-high score of 207 set in 2001 during her Tuesday night bowling ...

Mohegan Bowl, a bowling center with 14 candlepin lanes and six ten-pin lanes in Webster, is set to be sold to Ryan Family Amusements, a Bourne-based firm with 11 bowling centers in Massachusetts ...