Celebrating the priesthood
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/2005 and the Boston City Paper 2006 The evil actions of a very small percentage of priests have cast a shadow of…
26+ years of published Op/Ed columns, professional photography, my first book and more from the 28 known galaxies!
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/2005 and the Boston City Paper 2006 The evil actions of a very small percentage of priests have cast a shadow of…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 1/2004 In “City Streets” Carole King sings, “River wind is icy / Chills run through my bones / Tides of life are…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2003 Recently, I had the pleasure of attending and pitching in a bit at the annual Senior Christmas faire at Council on…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2002 and the Boston City Paper 7/2007 Before she achieved well-deserved fame as, “JoJo,” Joanna Levesque grew up here in Foxboro. This…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter April 2002 I’m not a regular theatergoer. I enjoy live shows, but the hassle of driving the 55 miles to the North…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter March 2002 I learned recently that my friend Shannon Leary of Foxboro would be going to college overseas – in England. I…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2001 Betty Friedman first contacted me about three years ago. Betty, a senior resident of the Doolittle Home, wrote saying that she…
by Robert Gillis Originally published in The Foxboro Reporter December 2000 One week and a day after Lorraine and Stanley Garland died, Foxboro and the surrounding area got hit with…
Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter November 2000 Every year, it seems like the Christmas sales start earlier, and the decorations are in the stores sooner. The corporations begin…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter July 2000 Recently, the Foxboro Human Services organization was merged with the Council on Aging (COA). The move so angered Human Services…
Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter June 2000 Well, let’s start this Founders Day column with two shocking confessions: First, I did something stupid Founders Day morning, and second,…
NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 2000; IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE 2015 STORY CLICK HERE By Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter April 2000 True story: Many years…
By Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter February 2000 With a day off, I finally managed to liberate our Christmas tree from the backyard and get it down to…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter May 1999
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter April 1999 Palm Sunday mass, and Saint Mary’s is filled beyond capacity this afternoon. There is literally a standing room only crowd.…