Guts, glory, and grease were all present in abundance at the annual highlight of St. Peter's Fiesta on Cape Ann. Max Allen walks the pole to grab the flag during Friday's round of the greasy pole ...

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The world-famous greasy pole contest starts today at St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester. Videos of contestants attempting to scamper across a slippery 45-foot telephone ...

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People have been waiting all year to compete in a unique Gloucester tradition known as the greasy pole contest. Friday, hundreds gathered from near and far to watch people race across a 40-foot-long ...

Gloucester’s annual Greasy Pole contest, the highlight of St Peter’s Fiesta, is set to conclude Sunday after a weekend of slips, falls and glory. Participants race down a 40-foot pole covered in ...

Massachusetts residents of one seafaring community know a thing or two about greasy poles.It's because they happen to use one in an annual competition for major bragging rights."It's honestly what you ...

Hundreds of spectators filled Pavilion Beach’s shoreline at this year’s greasy pole contest in Gloucester on Sunday. Every year, as part of the city’s famed St. Peter’s Fiesta, people gather from ...