Sports Editor Nick Curcuru talks with the staff of the Salem News
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Soon after Rosalie (nee Parisi) Laiachino arrived in Gloucester as a 10-year-old from Sicily in the late 1930s, she met Grace "Gracie" Misuraca Favazza. It was the beginning of a friendship that lasted more than 80 years.
Gloucester Daily Times staff writer Taylor Ann Bradford talks this week about “the Surge," introducing Gloucester’s new case tally of 104 as of Monday morning. She also talks about the continuation of a week for public comments on the Mattos Field land swap. Last but not at all least, Bradfo…
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The Merger coxswain Vito Giacalone was in a unique situation with his crew this week as it competed for the Men's Seine Boat championship.
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As bearers carrying the statue of St. Peter and a sea of onlookers, donned in white, chanted “VIVA!” in front of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church during the Procession of St. Peter Sunday afternoon, the voice of a beloved leader raised in prayer was missing from the steps of the church.
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Those who witnessed Friday and Saturday's Greasy Pole Competitions were hardly surprised at the result of Sunday's Competition. In fact, everyone was expecting it.
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Tammy Lewis and her sister, Linda Mack, had already taken in several St. Peter's Fiesta events over the previous days, and Lewis said they were looking forward to Sunday afternoon's Greasy Pole Walk and more.
After taking the flag during Friday night's Greasy Pole contest, Derek Hopkins took down the Saturday Greasy Pole flag in round 2, first walker. He goes for 3 in a row Sunday, which hasn’t been done since Jake Wood in 1999.
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Obituaries
Gloucester - Brent Ames Wilkes, 67, beloved husband of 22 years of Linda (Dadourian) Wilkes, passed away on Thursday, September 10th at the Kaplan Family Hospice House. Born in Melrose, he is the son of the late Gordon and Frances (Ames) Wilkes. Brent grew up in Lynnfield and was a graduate …
Gloucester - David J. Rowe, 70, lifelong resident of Gloucester, passed away suddenly on September 10, 2020. David was the husband of the late Rose Genest. David was born on February 20, 1950 to the late Robert A. Rowe and Stella Maude (Herrick) Flannagan. He worked many jobs over the years …
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The Fiesta Shows carnival and entertainer Barry Mooney really opened the 92nd edition of St. Peter's Fiesta on Wednesday, the Fiesta 5K road race highlighted another busy night of Fiesta activities on Thursday, and the first rounds of the Greasy Pole Walk and seine boat races hit the water l…
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The sight of children, teens and adults carrying oars donned with the names of local fishing vessels has become a staple of the St. Peter’s Fiesta procession on Sunday.
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Local children will see a storybook about St. Peter’s Fiesta come to life on stage at the launch of Gloucester Stage Company’s Playtime Stories summer program.
This is the schedule for the 92nd St. Peter's Fiesta:
A youth who challenged others to a fight just outside the entrance to St. Peter's Fiesta and another "juvenile matter" within the Fiesta grounds clouded Wednesday's opening night of Gloucester's annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen.
The road to the Men's and Women's Seine Boat champions has been paved and the weekend's slate of championship races are starting to take form.
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Before carnival goers crowd St. Peter’s Square and the first winner snags the flag from the end of the Greasy Pole, the annual Novena to St. Peter — the nine nights of prayer leading up to the start of St. Peter’s Fiesta — culminated Tuesday night at the Lester S. Wass American Legion Hall o…
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Note: The Greasy Pole was contested on Mondays from 1931-1949 and there were no events held from 1940-45 due to World War II. A Friday competition was added in 1999.
St. Peter’s Fiesta Sports Schedule
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Even Mario and Luigi seem ready for this year's St. Peter's Fiesta.
The main stage and altar are still under construction, and the festive scene that will make up Gloucester's 92nd St. Peter's Fiesta won't hit its stride until next week.
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MBTA riders to and from Cape Ann will have to opt for free bus service between the West Gloucester and Rockport stations for another two weeks while early work continues on replacing the Annisquam River drawbridge.
Matteo "Matt" Militello describes it simply as "a crazy, freak accident."
2018 St. Peter’s Fiesta Sports Champions
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There was a special guest at the Blessing of the Fleet Sunday afternoon, in the form of a reliquary containing the blood of Pope John Paul II.
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More than an hour after the procession had passed by, shouts of "Viva" could still be heard, along with car horns — all showing their love for the festival surrounding Saint Peter.
St. Peter's Fiesta continued Saturday with another round of the greasy pole competition and games for children.
Friday night's events at the St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester saw crowds on the beach, slips on the greasy pole and strides in seine boats. Frank Taormina took home the victory in the Greasy Pole walk while women and girls seine boat champions saw defeat from last year's winners.
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The fun, food and games may have begun Wednesday, but the 91st annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen didn't officially start until Friday night.
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There are fast walks on the greasy pole, and then there is Frank Taormina's walk at the end of the second round of Friday's competition off of Pavilion beach.
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Mike Darnell was not expecting to be running the St. Peter’s Fiesta 5k Road Race when he made the trip from Brooklyn, New York, to Gloucester.
This live stream of the 2018 St. Peter's Fiesta is brought to you by Streamography.
Williamsport Opener
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Seventeen years ago Tom Aiello and friends from down the Fort decided to revive a tradition missing from Fiesta's Sunday procession that they took part in as children. And they're keeping it going this year, but they need some help.
St. Peter’s Fiesta 2018 schedule
All Time Women’s Seine Boat Champs
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GLOUCESTER — A pope’s “presence” will grace the 91st St. Peter’s Fiesta on Sunday.
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Rumor has it that this Fiesta you won't find those Italian feasts on a bun at the usual spot on Commercial Street that Ambie's sausages had held for years.
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The altar is all set up at St. Peter's Square and the streamers hang down on Rogers Street. That can only mean one thing, St. Peter's Fiesta is upon us.
Note: The Greasy Pole was contested on Mondays from 1931-1949 and there were no events held from 1940-45 due to World War II. A Friday competition was added in 1999
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A week before Gloucester gives itself over completely to the annual St. Peter's Fiesta, the city's fishing fleet and shoreside stakeholders had something tangible to celebrate in the effort to return the city to its fishing glory.
International Dory Races
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The opening of St. Peter’s Fiesta doesn’t come for another eight days, but one important religious element of Gloucester’s annual salute to the patron saint of the fishermen is underway.
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It’s a week and half away, but signs that St. Peter’s Fiesta is coming are starting to pop up.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what's a film trailer worth? Local filmmakers Craig Kimberley and Sean O'Laughlin hope theirs will be enough to finance the completion of their documentary "The Pride of Gloucester" — what the two call a celebration of Gloucester's "proud history …
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Every year, St. Peter’s Fiesta committee members try to do something special to mark the festival which takes place annual at the end of June. The special happening this year will be the release of "Nonna, What is St. Peter’s Fiesta?"
Another St. Peter's Fiesta sports season is in the books and once again, there were several memorable moments from the weekend's sporting events.
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Less than 12 hours after the St. Peter's statue was returned to the club that bears his name, Joe Novello, the 66-year-old president of the Fiesta Committee, was back at work on the St. Peter's Square grounds.
Before the St. Peter's Fiesta Committee prepares for next year's 91st edition — let alone for the 100th and others expected to follow —- one of the first chores will be an assessment of the bills and revenues from this past week's 90th celebration.
The five days of St. Peter’s Fiesta brought just three festival-related arrests. All the charges were filed after incidents just outside the festival grounds Saturday and Sunday nights.
2017 St. Peter’s Fiesta Sporting Event Champions
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When it comes to the St. Peter’s Fiesta’s Seine Boat races, the key is to peak during the championship race.
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The Sunday Greasy Pole competition is called the Walk of Champions for good reason.
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Seeing the Mother of Grace statue carried down the main aisle toward the St. Peter’s Fiesta altar, Phyllis Moore, 90, shouted one of the first among dozens of “Viva” chants that reverberated Sunday across Gloucester’s downtown.