Foxboro First Night says farewell
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/1998 It began in the summer of 1993. Oh, others had talked about it and kicked around the idea for a while,…
Eat And Support Scouting At the ‘Other’ Pancake Breakfast
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter11/1998
Celebrating Boyden Library Foxboro
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 8/1998 So, read any good books lately? Have you been to the library lately? I read a lot these days, but it…
Trash Program Survives
by Robert GillisPublished In The Foxboro Reporter5/28/1998 Man, I must have had *nothing* else to say. One of the “why did I write this one” columns.
Support the new Foxboro Senior Center
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 8/1997 Pay attention, folks; this one’s important. You might see the “Seniors” page in this paper each week and think, “I’m not…
My first Foxboro town meeting – and the senior center vote
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 5/1997 In the six years I’ve lived in Foxboro, last week was the first time I’ve attended a town meeting. My main…
Seniors benefit rolling in dough after weekend pizza fundraiser
by Robert GillisPublished In the Foxboro Reporter5/1/1997
Reflections on the April Fool’s Blizzard of 1997
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 4/97 Some random thoughts and observations on the Great Blizzard of 1997: Any snowstorm with even mild accumulation brings the inevitable comparison…
Celebrating vocations
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 3/1997 and the Boston City Paper, 2006 We are now nearly through the Catholic season of Lent, a time of fasting, prayer…
We’ll all be a senior someday – support the new Foxboro senior center
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 3/1997 “Dismiss that notion of the ancient senior in a wheelchair with nothing to offer the world anymore. Foxboro’s seniors are a…
1997 – Keep the Patriots in Foxboro — the open letter I wrote to Mr. Kraft
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 1/1997 Note: I’d been writing for the Reporter for only a year or so when I wrote this one — keeping the…
Gun Show! (The Gun Show Loophole)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/1996 and the Boston City Paper in revised format 11/2006 “…A DANGEROUS “gun show loophole” continues to allow criminals and terrorists to…
Seniors can show you secrets of eternal youth
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter,7/1996 It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a great affection for seniors. Taking care of Nana for so…