The Boston Licensing Board this morning approved extending hours at South Boston Candlepins, 543 East Broadway from 11 p.m. until midnight. Read more.

The Boston Business Journal reports that New Balance's Brighton Landing project has landed a pizza place that will also offer candlepin bowling.

If you're old enough to remember when you could play bocce at a Boston-area pizza place, you probably remember when Brighton had Sammy White's.

Raise your hand if you even know where Sammy White's was, let alone what made it infamous. Plus, check out the mop on Brian Leary's head - and the ads ("Come play your fav-o-rites, Wonderland!").

Peter Chianca reports:

I recently discovered the only thing more humiliating than throwing your back out while candlepin bowling; namely, throwing your back out while taking off your candlepin bowling shoes. ...