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St. Peter's Fiesta 2025. There's more to St. Peter's Fiesta than the greasy pole contest. The celebration of Gloucester's Italian-American fishing community dates back nearly 100 ...
Sunday marked the last day of the Italian Feast in Springfield. And it's no Italian celebration without the grease pole ...
Today’s Social Rundown features a ladder of humans trying to climb a greasy pole for prizes, a non-profit reaching a ...
Five-time defending Sunday greasy pole champion Derek Hopkins came about as close as you can get to another victory on his first competitive round attempt at this year’s farewell Fiesta ...
Sunday was the last day of the festival’s greasy pole competition, also being held on Friday and Saturday. Unlike Friday and Saturday’s editions, which featured contestants selected in the months ...
Gloucester greasy pole competition, where participants take turns running down a greased pole to capture a flag before ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The grease pole competition will return to the city of Springfield for the first time in more ...
Joe Klyce had been waiting for this moment for his entire life. Born and raised in Gloucester, the now 25-year-old had tackled the Greasy Pole at St. Peter's Fiesta numerous times before, but to no ...
The centuries-old Turkish tradition of Yağlı Direk, or 'greased pole', was revived on July 5 in Ordu, Turkey. The event ...
Joe DaSilva fell during the greasy pole competition at Pavilion Beach on Sunday. GLOUCESTER — As a thick fog rolled over Gloucester Harbor, a man in a white T-shirt stepped out onto a 40-foot ...
The event was held on Saturday at Heybridge Basin with attendees participating in sailing races and competitions including the famous greasy-pole pillow fight. A variety of onshore stalls featured at ...