Celebrating the remarkable clergy of Saint Mary’s Foxboro
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 5/2013 Each year around this time, I’ve made it a tradition to write a piece about spirituality, about…
Foxboro town election 2013 — some thoughts, some advice, and a reminder to VOTE!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2012 As a Foxboro Jaycee, I was so honored to be the moderator for candidates night — yes, I was nervous but…
[Foxboro] Sign of the times? Thoughts on an electronic news sign on the Common
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 1/2013 I read with interest the news that the Foxborough Lions Club is talking about the possibility of upgrading the two aging…
Foxboro Thanksgiving 1997, 15 years later…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 11/2012 Happy Thanksgiving! Back in 1997, one year into writing in this paper, I wrote a Thanksgiving piece. I came across it…
Post election, the business of Foxboro continues — stay involved
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 5/2012 After an historic and record breaking turnout at the town election on May 7, where about 6000 voters cast ballots, one…
Foxboro’s Casino War: It’s Starting to come apart
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 4/2012 Do you remember Gary Larson’s often bizarre and always hilarious “Far Side” comic strip? It always made me laugh, and I…
Foxboro: You need to read the newspaper and stay informed!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2012 You live in Foxboro, it’s 2am and you’ve just been woken out of a sound sleep because you heard a very…
[Updated] Foxboro double power outage: Forgotten already?
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2012 It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I’m gassing up my car and a National Grid truck pulls into the lot. And…
Casino in Foxboro is a losing bet
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 9/2011 “Well I got a job and put my money away / But I got debts no honest man can pay /…
‘Tis the season to be generous
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 12/2011 “I have always thought of Christmas time, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time;…
Another storm, another four days without electricity – ENOUGH.
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/2011 For the second time in two months, despite plenty of weather forecasts and warnings, our town was without power for four…
The prodigal son returns to church (again)
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City paper 10/2011 A few years ago I attended a family wedding. During mass, several of my other cousins and…
Foxboro Founders Day 2011!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 6/2011 Founders Day is here again! The annual day-long celebration of our town’s birthday starts as you drive through Foxboro at 8:45,…
2010 Cable auction to benefit the Doolittle Home is Saturday November 6, 2010
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 10/2010 Just in time for all your holiday shopping — the Doolittle Home auction event is back! Mark your calendars for November…
Be part of the solution; write your letter to the editor
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 5/2010 (Standard disclosure: I am not an employee of the Foxboro Reporter. Since 1996, I have been a column contributor, and hope…