Fewer September 11 Memorials: Why?
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 9/2009 “The date, September 11, will forever evoke recollections of unimaginable tragedy, of lives callously lost and…
Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Comcast Center, Great Woods Mansfield August 22 and 23, 2009
by Robert Gillis August 22, 2009 Tonight’s Springsteen show came as close to a religious experience as, well, the last show. I’m running out of superlatives like “awesome” “in-cred-ible” and…
Movie Reviews are easier than you think!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 8/2009 Although I rarely go the movies due to cost and my own profound laziness, I realized that…
Homework in summer? Let kids be kids
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper 8/2009 The “Back to School” sales are in full force, despite the face that kids were out…
NASA announcement of discovery of a “sun” and “blue skies” ridiculed by local residents
Historians note: When this piece was written, Foxboro and the surrounding area saw the sun MAYBE three times in about two and a half months. This is absolutely true —…
Foxboro Founders Day 2009
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/2004 and 6/2008 and 6/2009 in various forms/updates Founders Day! The annual day-long celebration of our town’s birthday starts as you drive…
Thoughts on the 2009 J.J. Abram Star Trek movie
by Robert Gillis, 5/2009 Approximately three gazillion people have written reviews for this new Star Trek film, and about 90% are positive. (This pleases this Trekker immensely, and the idea…
Humor: The missing William Shatner scene in J.J. Abrams Star Trek 2009!
Trekmovie reported, “…Star Trek: 2009 writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said that William Shatner’s cut scene was in the movie and then was written out in a later draft.…
Press on, newspapers!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and The Boston City Paper, 5/2009 As this is a column about a newspaper, specifically the Boston Globe, allow me to begin…
Silver Age Comics: Spanking your super kids, a great reason for Superman not to marry, and Cluck Kent! And we still hate Lucy Lane.
by Robert Gillis 6/2009 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE So Superman spotted the trouble from … (Wait for it) ……
Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Boston, 4/21/2009 and 4/22/2009
by Robert Gillis TD Garden – Boston – 4/21/2009 Tonight’s Springsteen show was arguably one of the best I have seen. Hell, they all are. Best to stop rating them.…
Memo: Cost-cutting measures during these tough economic times
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 3/2009 We all have colleagues who have lost jobs, taken massive pay cuts, and face uncertainty how…
Meet Bob “Papa” Shea
Bob Shea, our beloved friend, passed away on January 1, 2010. This profile of Bob ran in March 2009, and he really enjoiyed it. Bob made a difference for so…
2009 – The 6th Annual Cable Auction to benefit Doolittle Home will be February 28, 2009
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2009 Mark your calendars for February 28, 2009 because the Doolittle Home auction event is finally here! After months of preparation and the…
Presidential Inauguration Worth Every Penny As A New Era Dawns in America
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City paper, January 2009 The cost of President Barack Obama’s inauguration — estimated at some $170 million dollars —…