This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. Yes, a film set has cropped up inside Concord’s beloved ...

A Franklin children’s museum and Worcester candlepin alley are creating new opportunities for families to learn and play together.

If you’re looking for bragging rights about your home state, here’s a good one: Maryland is the birthplace of duckpin bowling and still houses the oldest continuously operating alley in the nation.

A bowling alley in Cumberland County has completed a decade-long multi-million-dollar renovation. Dan Mowery, the owner of the 70-year-old Midway Carlisle, said the renovation has been the hardest and ...

Candlepin bowling is a unique variation of the traditional sport, characterized by its slender pins and smaller balls. Popular in the northeastern United States, this game offers a different set of ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - If you’re traveling through New England and you stop to bowl, you may notice a difference in the pins, depending on the place. We’re turning to the experts to learn the ...

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 ...

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, ...

WORCESTER, Mass. - May 2020. Colonial Bowling on Mill Street announced they'd be closing their doors for good. The pandemic just one of multiple factors all contributing to the end of Worcester's last ...

“If you walked out of a room full of people you respect, and they began talking about you, what would you want them to say?” I asked my husband on a recent hike. “That I’m kind,” said my husband. “You ...

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 ...

Tonight, we head to Exeter Bowling Lanes where the owner has kept the candlepin destination rolling since the 80's and likes to do business the old-fashioned way. He grew up with a bowling ball in ...