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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I couldn’t get enough of it,’’ Thomsen says. Lynne Thomsen (left) with fellow candlepin pro Jeff Surette and a Boston.com reporter (not a professional bowler). Her talent did not go unnoticed. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a back room at the Bowling Bowl, Matt Laffley thrusts a callused hand into a bucket of old candlepin bowling balls and plucks one out for inspection. The ball, small enough to fit in his palm, is ...

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 ...

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