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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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Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band / Wrecking Ball Tour / Izod Center, Meadowlands, NJ / Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April 7, 2012 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis, 4/2012 The eponymous track of Bruce Springsteen’s new CD, “Wrecking Ball,” was written a few years back in response to the demolition of the old Giants Stadium…

Foxboro

Foxboro: You need to read the newspaper and stay informed!

March 29, 2012 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 4/2012 You live in Foxboro, it’s 2am and you’ve just been woken out of a sound sleep because you heard a very…

Backstreets Bruce Springsteen

Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band / Wrecking Ball Tour / TD Bank Garden Boston / Monday, March 26, 2012

March 27, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper 4/2012 Nosebleed seats (section 330 row 10, place your trays in the upright position) but who cares, — it’s Bruce Springsteen…

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[Updated] Foxboro double power outage: Forgotten already?

February 15, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2012 It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I’m gassing up my car and a National Grid truck pulls into the lot. And…

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“Angels Are All Around You,” — remembering the kindness of Ewa Jedrychowska

January 29, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 2/2012 “Angels are all around you.” It’s maybe ten years ago, a beautiful Saturday morning and I’ve just…

Foxboro

Casino in Foxboro is a losing bet

January 23, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 9/2011 “Well I got a job and put my money away / But I got debts no honest man can pay /…

Christmas Movies

Retro-Review “A Christmas Carol” (1951)

January 23, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis 1/2012 There have been countless adaptations of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” over the last century. One of my annual Christmas traditions is to watch several of…

Superman and Friends - Comic Book Humor and Parody

More Silver Age Comics fun with Lois Lane!

January 19, 2012 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis 1/2012 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Another slow news day so I…

Slow News Day Humor

Slow news day! Entertainment edition!

January 6, 2012 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City paper 1/2012 Back by popular demand, and because we REALLY need some humor in the local news, slow news…

Christmas

A letter to Mom on Christmas Day

December 16, 2011 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Sent to Mom Christmas, 2005 And published in the Boston City Paper 11/2011 I thought I would share a letter I wrote to my Mom on Christmas…

Superman and Friends - Comic Book Humor and Parody

Silver Age Comic Book Sillyness: Watch the skies!

December 7, 2011 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis 12/2011 What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE (Click any image to enlarge) Slow news day so I thought…

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‘Tis the season to be generous

November 29, 2011 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 12/2011 “I have always thought of Christmas time, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time;…

Foxboro

Another storm, another four days without electricity – ENOUGH.

November 7, 2011 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 11/2011 For the second time in two months, despite plenty of weather forecasts and warnings, our town was without power for four…

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The prodigal son returns to church (again)

October 14, 2011 Robert Gillis

By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City paper 10/2011 A few years ago I attended a family wedding. During mass, several of my other cousins and…

September 11, 2001

An interview with Bill, a firefighter who worked recovery at Ground Zero one month after the attacks of September 11, 2001 [graphic]

September 11, 2011 Robert Gillis

by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 9/2011 Earlier this month, I interviewed a former firefighter who worked at Ground Zero a month after…

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