MIDDLETOWN, New York—The heat that got into the 80’s did not deter the several hundred people who showed up for the Latino Festival in Middletown’s Thrall Park on Sunday.
Organizer and founder of the event, Edwin Ramirez, said he thought the festival grew this year, despite the heat and New York City’s Puerto Rican Day Parade happening on the same day.
“It’s like all the events I organize throughout the Hudson Valley,” said Ramirez, who is the owner of R&M Promotions. “You plant the seed one year and you watch it grow.”
This is the sixth annual Latino Festival in Middletown, although for Ramirez this is his 20th year organizing Latino Festivals around the state.
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