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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!
Computers / Tech

Technology: Time to draw clear line between work and play

May 16, 1996 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 5/1996 “Have you ever sent a fax… From the beach? Have you ever checked out of the supermarket a car load at…

Humor

Spring Cleaning Can Be An Expensive Preposition

May 9, 1996 Robert Gillis

My 2nd “Official” columnby Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter5/1996

Dorchester Foxboro Not The Best

Despite problems, Foxboro’s got a lot to offer (my very first op/ed as a regular contributor to the Foxboro Reporter, 4/1996)

April 25, 1996 Robert Gillis

Historians note, 2015: after I wrote my first full-length piece about the Foxboro senior center in early 1996, this piece was my very first “regular” op Ed for the Foxboro…

Foxboro Foxboro Reporter Image Seniors

My very first Reporter Column; Support your seniors!

March 6, 1996 Robert Gillis

(After many letters to the editor, I submitted this, my first full-length column to the Reporter. After it ran, I approached editor Jeff Peterson about a regular, bi-weekly column, and…

Letter To The Editor

Letter to The Editor: Learning CPR

February 1, 1996 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter2/1996

Humor Letter To The Editor

Letter to the Editor: Storm-Related behavior proves that snow has intoxicating effects on local residents

January 18, 1996 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter1/18/1996

Foxboro

Card of Thanks: Results of second food drive better than the first

December 21, 1995 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisFoxboro Reporter12/21/1995

Letter To The Editor Seniors

Letter to The Editor: Elderly Graduate An Inspiration To All

December 21, 1995 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro ReporterDecember 21, 1995

Christmas Letter To The Editor

Letter to the Editor: This December, let’s slow down and appreciate true spirit of the season

November 30, 1995 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter 11/30/1995

Letter To The Editor

Letter to the Editor: Pocahontas film might spark a learning adventure

May 27, 1995 Robert Gillis

Letter to the editor by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 5/1995

Foxboro Letter To The Editor Seniors

Letter to the Editor: Residents Urged To Take Action To Support New Senior Center

May 25, 1995 Robert Gillis

by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter5/25/1995

Superman Television

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: “Tempus Fugitiive,” A Critique

March 25, 1995 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis March 25, 1995 “Hello! Duh! Clark Kent is Superman. Ha, ha, ha. Well, that was worth the whole trip. To actually meet the most galactically stupid woman…

Letter To The Editor

Letter To The Editor: This is New England, it Snows Here

February 9, 1995 Robert Gillis

Before I started my regular column in the Foxboro Reporter I was writing a lot of letters to the editor; this is one of them. by Robert Gillis Published as…

Comic Books Superman

Letter I wrote to DC Comics when Superman died

January 1, 1993 Robert Gillis

Here’s an oldie but a goodie, the only letter I ever wrote to DC Comics (back when they had letter columns). This was in response to the Death of Superman,…

Computers / Tech

One of the first times I was published — Computer Magazine MICROpendium (1987)

October 1, 1987 Robert Gillis

WAY back in the day (1987) I got published in a computer magazine for the first time. MICRopendium was the official monthly magazine for the AWESOME TI-99-4/a and its not-at-all…

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