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 ...

GARDNER — There’s nothing sweeter for a young candlepin bowling addict to hear than the sound of a small ball whizzing down a smoothly polished wooden lane and smashing into 10 hard plastic pins — the ...

HAVERHILL — If you’re not familiar with Jeff Surette, then you’re missing out on one of the rising stars of candlepin bowling. Andrew Maderios is the manager of Pilgrim Lanes in Haverhill, as well as ...

If you like to watch bowling on television, besides the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) and the Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Tour telecasts, there is another televised ...

New England is rife with unique traditions and entertainment— from munching on Fluffernutter sandwiches to belting out “Sweet Caroline” to sporting duck boots, rain or shine. But while many of our ...

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The South Shore’s team on the national candlepin bowling circuit has captured the 2008 world title. A team of nine bowlers sponsored by Maria’s Sub in Scituate defeated a Maine-based team called USA ...

Dear Mr. Know-It-All, I'm a big candlepin bowling fan. I learned at Fairway in Natick. My question is this: Why hasn't candlepin bowling become popular in other parts of the country? M.M., Natick ...

Former Wayland resident John Kafalas is about to embark on his rookie season on the World Candlepin Bowlers Congress (WCBC) pro tour. Kafalas, a 1981 graduate of Wayland High School, had a promising ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Ask a group of New Englanders if they’d ...

I thought perhaps it might be appropriate, in this fast-paced 24/7 age, to take a moment and jot down a few words about our not-so-distant past. About a time when every ear wasn’t glued to a cellphone ...

PORTSMOUTH — The Genimatas family announced it will sell the iconic Bowl-O-Rama. The sale will take place Feb. 1 with new owners Bart and Mary-Lynne Maderios taking over management that day, the ...