Review: Bruce Springsteen at Gillette Foxboro 8/1/03 and 8/2/03
After seeing Springsteen in Jersey on July 17 and the Eagles the following night, I continued the Gillis Concert Tour 2003 with both Bruce shows here in Foxboro. Man, I…
You can go home again; my visit to Dorchester and Saint Kevin School and Church
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/2003 and the Boston City paper in 2006 It’s Friday afternoon, the last day of my vacation, and I’m feeling nostalgic. I…
Remembering the Old Man of the Mountains
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 5/2003 Franconia Notch State Park is located in the heart of the White Mountain National Forest, a spectacular New Hampshire mountain pass…
The bill of no rights
By Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter April 2003 and the Boston City Paper July 2006 With all the important news lately about National Security, the Total Information Act,…
Foxboro Jaycees Pancake Breakfast 2003
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter April 2003 In response to the literally thousands of cards and letters I’ve received, I thought it would appropriate to have a…
Review: Bruce Springsteen Rising Providence 3/10/2003
Review by Robert Gillis Dunkin Donuts Center — the former Providence Civic Center — isn’t as big as the Fleet Center so there isn’t a bad seat in the house.…
When bad colds happen to good people
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 3/2003 I finally have a title for my new book: “When bad colds happen to good people.” Yes, I have a cold…
The Great Blizzard of 1978, 25 years later
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter 2/1998 2/2003 and the Boston City Paper 2/2013. There are images that stay with you. Throughout your life, some remain indelible. Certain…
Haunted Titantic: Lauren and Bob chair the 2012 Haunted House
Haunted Titanic: A ship of screams by The unsinkable Lauren Bitar and Captain Robert J. Gillis Lauren Bitar and are I close friends and are very involved in certain community…
The miracle of Christmas is hope and love
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 12/2002 and the Boston City Paper 12/2006 It’s 10:56 Thursday evening. ER is over and it’s time to walk the pups. I…
Now is the time to thank the hero next door
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2002 Heroes. I’ve been thinking about heroes lately. Heroes are all around us. At the flag retirement ceremony on the Common this…
An interview with Joanna Levesque, aka “JoJo”
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…
A year later, America is still a great nation, under God
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter September 2002 We remember where we were when we first heard the news. We remember the anger and pain that resonated through…
I find your lack of cell phone etiquette… Disturbing.
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter August 2002 I need to vent. Can you hear me now? Good. Can you please hang up that silly phone? Okay. I’ll…
Puffins Gourmet Cafe Opens in Foxboro
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 2/2002 Note: My wife ran her café for two years and it was very well received in Foxboro… Here is the story…