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 ...

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 ...

Today’s Social Rundown features a ladder of humans trying to climb a greasy pole for prizes, a non-profit reaching a ...

A 45-foot long telephone pole, dripping with grease, juts off a pier 200 feet off Gloucester’s Pavilion Beach and people just can’t wait to run it.

Gloucester greasy pole competition, where participants take turns running down a greased pole to capture a flag before ...

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 ...

An old tradition that recognizes Italian culture is returning to the city of Springfield this weekend for the first time in ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The grease pole competition will return to the city of Springfield for the first time in more ...

It was the last day of Gloucester’s annual greasy pole competition — a local tradition where brave contestants attempt to walk across the pole, grab a flag at the end, and win local glory.