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by Robert Gillis August 22, 2009 Tonight’s Springsteen show came as close to a religious experience as, well, the last show. I’m running out of superlatives like “awesome” “in-cred-ible” and…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 8/2009 Although I rarely go the movies due to cost and my own profound laziness, I realized that…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper 8/2009 The “Back to School” sales are in full force, despite the face that kids were out…
Historians note: When this piece was written, Foxboro and the surrounding area saw the sun MAYBE three times in about two and a half months. This is absolutely true —…
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 6/2004 and 6/2008 and 6/2009 in various forms/updates Founders Day! The annual day-long celebration of our town’s birthday starts as you drive…
by Robert Gillis, 5/2009 Approximately three gazillion people have written reviews for this new Star Trek film, and about 90% are positive. (This pleases this Trekker immensely, and the idea…
Trekmovie reported, “…Star Trek: 2009 writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said that William Shatner’s cut scene was in the movie and then was written out in a later draft.…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and The Boston City Paper, 5/2009 As this is a column about a newspaper, specifically the Boston Globe, allow me to begin…
by Robert Gillis 6/2009 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE So Superman spotted the trouble from … (Wait for it) ……
by Robert Gillis TD Garden – Boston – 4/21/2009 Tonight’s Springsteen show was arguably one of the best I have seen. Hell, they all are. Best to stop rating them.…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 3/2009 We all have colleagues who have lost jobs, taken massive pay cuts, and face uncertainty how…
Bob Shea, our beloved friend, passed away on January 1, 2010. This profile of Bob ran in March 2009, and he really enjoiyed it. Bob made a difference for so…
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2009 Mark your calendars for February 28, 2009 because the Doolittle Home auction event is finally here! After months of preparation and the…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City paper, January 2009 The cost of President Barack Obama’s inauguration — estimated at some $170 million dollars —…
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 12/2008 “DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my BFF’s say there is no Santa Claus.…