Fight over insurance claims keeps Merritt Island bowling alley closed

Colorful murals of bowling balls crashing into pins still grace the walls inside Shore Lanes. But nine months after a three-alarm fire, the popular North Courtenay Parkway bowling alley remains a silent, partially gutted mess. Smoke-damaged carpeting is long discarded. Drywall is torn out. And burnt grease coats the floor of the darkened kitchen. “It’s terrible. I keep saying, ‘I’m getting withdrawals,’ ” said Cocoa resident Glynn Parrish, who bowled at Shore Lanes for more than 20 years and recently carried a 241 average.