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Connections: Previewing The Puerto Rican Festival

The Puerto Rican Festival is coming up, and we preview the events.

We also talk to the Rochester Police Department about its collaboration with festival organizers, who stress that disruptions in recent years have come after the festival, and often involve people who didn't even attend the festival. Still, they're working to make sure the events are safe, and that when the festival ends, the community isn't intentionally disorderly. They'd rather focus on the food, the traditions, the fun -- and we'll do plenty of that, too. Our guests:

  •     Orlando Ortiz, president of the Puerto Rican Festival
  •     Yesenia Ramos-Torres, treasurer of the Puerto Rican Festival
  •     Deputy Chief Scott Peters, Rochester Police Department
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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