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 ...

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 , MASS. (WHDH) - It’s one of the most popular events of the summer in New England. SKY 7 HD was over the scene of the Greasy Pole Competition in Gloucester as part of the annual Saint Peter ...

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 ...

GLOUCESTER — As a thick fog rolled over Gloucester Harbor, a man in a white T-shirt stepped out onto a 40-foot greased telephone pole suspended above the surf. He slipped and fell into the water. For ...

A 20-year-old man from Gloucester, Massachusetts, made his lifelong dream come true on Sunday — conquering the greasy pole, even after a recent hospital stay. Greasy pole walker Nick White was carried ...

As June comes to an end in Massachusetts, there's a Pride Month celebration in Walpole and KidsFest happening in Quincy, plus the return of the greasy pole competition at St. Peter's Fiesta in ...