Sign overkill spoils beauty of Foxboro Common
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2006 In June 2007, the theme of our Founders Day celebration will be the 150th anniversary of the Foxboro common. This beautiful,…
Robert Gillis interviewed about “Nana” by the BookStoreConnection.com
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In the deep mid-Winter
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper 3/2007 In my youth (or my yoot, to all the Cousin Vinney fans) I loved extreme weather.…
Star Trek actor George Takei demonstrates Infinite Diversity
by Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper 1/2007 and the Foxboro Reporter 2/2007 In late 2005, actor George Takei (Captain Sulu) from Star Trek “came out” as a…
Community Service another “Best” in Foxboro
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2007 Recently, the new editor of the Foxboro Reporter asked the community: What are the “bests” in Foxboro? I would like to…
Thank you New England Patriots!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 1/2007 After weeks of almost spring-like conditions, winter had returned with a vengeance, and most of us…
Beware Superbowl Ticket Scams On Line (especially eBay and CraigsList)
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter, 1/2006 & 1/2007 and the Boston City Paper, 6/2006 & 1/2007. Since eBay no longer allows this ad that I have posted…
Paradox and parallels – the death of Gerald Ford and execution of Saddam Hussein
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, January 2006 Paradox and parallels. This past Friday evening, the entire world was glued to the coverage of…
Retro-Review: A Christmas Carol (1938) starring Reginald Owen
Retro-Review: A Christmas Carol (1938) starring Reginald Owen by Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper, 12/2006 There have been countless adaptations of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” over…
Foxboro Jaycees Santa on the Common
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter December 2006 Despite his extremely busy schedule this time of year, Santa Claus made time to visit Foxboro last Saturday, with help…
In loving memory of Mary Cicciu
by Robert Gillis; Foxboro Reporter December 2006 Mary Cicciu passed away November 10, and Foxboro has lost another of its rare gems. I met Mary on Founders Day in 1995,…
Remembering “Superman” star George Reeves, an all too human hero
by Robert Gillis Originally published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/1999 and revised for the Boston City Paper 11/2006 The recent release of the film “Hollywoodland” has cast new light and…
The history of Halloween
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter 2005 and the Boston City Paper 2006 Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, will soon be here, and I thought it might…
September 11, Five Years Later
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 8/2004 and the Foxboro Reporter 8/2006 and the Boston City Paper 9/2006. September 11, 2001 was a death in the family. A…
Nine planets no more: Earth’s planetary status revoked
By Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper 8/2006 PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Earth is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that…