Slow News Day, Random Thoughts, Summer 2015 Edition!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper 8/2015 In response to your literally thousands of cards, emails, and letters, and at the request of…
Gillis Photos Galleries – My Professional Photography!
Having grown up in Dorchester, Boston is my favorite city. As a kid, my family vacationed in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and I was amazed by the spectacular…
Current Events / News Commentary
Foxboro
Life events, Gratitude and Giving and Little Miracles
Mass Shootings
Finding hope through the darkness of shootings — National Night Out (Rescheduled due to Thunderstorms)
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reorter 7/2015 Last week, for the first time in many years, I wrote a full column for this space, and then proceeded to,…
Foxboro Jaycees Concerts On The Common Offers Something for Everyone!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 7/2015 Before I begin, I want to be very clear – this is MY opinion and I am not speaking for the…
Top 10 reasons to come to Foxborough Founders Day!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 6/2015 From the home office in Foxborough Massachusetts, and with grateful appreciation to David Letterman, here are the top 10 reasons Foxborough…
Read or Buy my first published book: “Nana”
My first book, “Nana, my grandmother Anne Gillis,” was published in 2005 and I invite you to read this heartwarming story! “In the 1930’s, being a single mother was not…
A challenge to the voters of Foxboro: READ your local newspaper, speak up, and VOTE on election day!
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2015 Greetings friends. Before I begin this op Ed, I need to make the usual disclosure: First, I am not an employee…
Silver Age Superman Fun: STOP THE PRESSES! Somebody sent Superman… A LETTER!!!!!!!
by Robert Gillis, who didn’t have anything better to do. (3/2015) From Action Comics #202 (May 1955): Just two pages from the story but enough to provide lots to um……
Remembering Leonard Nimoy
by Robert Gillis 2/2015 I am deeply saddened by the passing of Leonard Nimoy. The man from Boston who did so well for himself as an actor, poet, writer, director,…
Musings on the latest blizzard of the 2014-2015 snowpocalypse season
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 2/2015 This past Valentine’s Day weekend, depending on where you live, yet another blizzard dropped anywhere between 8…
Father Steve Madden leaving Saint Mary’s Foxboro in 2015
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper 1/2015 And also sent, along with a personal letter, to His Eminence Seán Patrick O’Malley OFM “Preach…
Train line extension, Olympics… What’s happening in Foxboro?
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 1/2015 Before I begin this OP/ED, I think it appropriate to make the following statements: number one, I am NOT implying or…
A little Christmas miracle as the Foxboro Jaycees decorate Foxboro Common
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 12/2014 This story begins with a very nice affirmation. Christmas miracles – they still happen. And it should be noted before I…
We All Want To Be Remembered
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 11/2014 The month of November means many things: the beginning of the Christmas season (at precisely one second…
This is not the Foxboro I remember — that’s a good thing (progress takes time!)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 10/2014 This is not the Foxboro I remember. Good golly Miss Molly how many times have we heard/read that? It seems like…