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May, 2025: Foxboro Senior Center moving to new location – the end of an era Pope Francis Has Passed Away — Rest In Peace Holy Father — “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Letter to the Editor / New Electronic Information Signs On Foxboro Common — Distracting and Dangerous Read My Book – “Nana, my grandmother Anne Gillis” Top 10 Reasons why Foxborough Founders Day 2024 is AWESOME!
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You can go home again; my visit to Dorchester and Saint Kevin School and Church

June 21, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

New Hampshire

Remembering the Old Man of the Mountains

May 21, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

Current Events / News Commentary

The bill of no rights

April 29, 2003 Robert Gillis

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

Foxboro Jaycees Pancake Breakfast 2003

April 2, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

Backstreets Bruce Springsteen

Review: Bruce Springsteen Rising Providence 3/10/2003

March 10, 2003 Robert Gillis

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.…

Humor

When bad colds happen to good people

February 21, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

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The Great Blizzard of 1978, 25 years later

February 6, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

My fiction (80s/90s)

Haunted Titantic: Lauren and Bob chair the 2012 Haunted House

January 1, 2003 Robert Gillis

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…

Christmas Life events, Gratitude and Giving and Little Miracles

The miracle of Christmas is hope and love

December 21, 2002 Robert Gillis

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

November 30, 2002 Robert Gillis

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…

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An interview with Joanna Levesque, aka “JoJo”

November 14, 2002 Robert Gillis

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…

September 11, 2001

A year later, America is still a great nation, under God

September 11, 2002 Robert Gillis

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…

Current Events / News Commentary

I find your lack of cell phone etiquette… Disturbing.

August 6, 2002 Robert Gillis

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

July 17, 2002 Robert Gillis

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…

Nana Book

Nana: A Century of memories

May 20, 2002 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter May 2002 Even though she’s been gone for nine years, Nana has been on my mind a lot lately. May 20, 2002…

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