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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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-four teams from around New England and Canada are headed to Boutwell’s Bowling Center in Concord this weekend. Boutwell’s is the host site for the 17th annual Candlepin Mixed Worlds tournament, ...

The things a person has to do to bowl these days. As part of my Bowling the Commonwealth project for 2019, I discovered that there are candlepin alleys at the Waltham Community and Cultural Center, ...

Elizabeth McCracken, the award-winning author of six books including "The Giant's House" and "Niagra Falls All Over Again" has a new novel out — 18 years since publishing the last one. Her latest, ...

‘Strikes, Spares & Deadwood,’ a new exhibition on display through March, is a compelling reminder that candlepin, which originated in Worcester, was once king ERVING — On a recent weekday afternoon, ...

WORCESTER ― "Three sports were invented right here: basketball, volleyball and candlepin bowling," said Vanessa Bumpus, exhibit coordinator at the Worcester Historical Museum. And while volleyball and ...

A picture by local photographer George Cocaine of a candlepin bowling alley in the mid-1900s hangs in the Worcester Historical Museum's exhibit. New England has a lot of unique, quirky customs: ...

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 ...