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 ...

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 ...

Jordyn Jagolinzer is a reporter for WBZ-TV. She joined WBZ in 2022 from WGGB/WSHM in Springfield, where she spent 5 years as an anchor-reporter. As June comes to an end in Massachusetts, there's a ...