| Article: | Thoughts as nation's 233rd birthday nears It was great to see thousands of people crowd downtown Attleboro for the first of what is anticipated to be an annual event, the Expo for the Senses, on Saturday. When the Wednesday Night Markets started going downhill, at the same time that downtown was beginning to resemble a ghost town due to the rise in empty storefronts, it became clear that if the market or anything similar were going to return, it had to be in a once-a-season format. |