Article: Keeping an eye on the ball

Though New England is not the smokestack region it once was, there is still a thriving -- albeit narrowly niched -- manufacturing industry. In Medway the Parrella brothers, Robert, Dick and John, quietly roll along manufacturing and supplying bowling balls and other supplies to enthusiasts throughout the world. Although they have diversified to include high-technology items, Paramount Industries Inc. (distributor) and E. Parrella Co. Inc. (manufacturer) manage to fill most of the region's alleys with their duckpin and candlepin bowling balls. The Globe's Keith Yocum, a bowling fan, recently talked with Paramount president, Robert Parrella. Q. Just how popular is bowling? A. It's ...

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