A garden party fundraiser Sat. May 19, at the home of Jim Zarroli and Bart Ziegler, raised over $4,000 to build a park next to Hillsdale’s Town Hall. “This puts us a major step on the way toward building the new Town Hall Park. Thanks to everyone who attended,” said Lynda Brenner, chair of Hillsdale Gardeners, the local group behind the park initiative. The event was held at the home and gardens of Jim Zarroli and Bart Ziegler, who writes the Weekend Gardener column for The Wall Street Journal website. The group plans bluestone paving, benches, and a central obelisk, surrounded by shrubs and other plantings for the park, near the new Hillsdale General Store and CrossRoads Food Shop. In other Hillsdale news, the town's annual Memorial Day weekend flea market is Sat. May 26 at Roe Jan Park from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also, Thula Sizwe (“Hush and Listen” in Zula) perform on Sunday, May 27 at 7 p.m. in the Roe Jan Park Hilltop Barn.