Final strike Invented in Worcester, candlepin bowling history as last alley closes Brad Petrishen [email protected] 0:05 ...

Bregman had published a book about the history of candlepin bowling in New England, and Sawyer had been running Sawyer's Bowladrome in Northborough since 1953.© Photo submitted by John Rohloff ...

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.

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.

A six-foot monkey wrench, ball of cotton, and wire thinner than a strand of human hair were among the items featured in the ...

This month in our My Maine Takes series, Logan Hoffman explores the history of candlepin bowling in New England and finds out how to play.

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.

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 ...