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'Music in the Park' huge success as trail fundraiser

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — A Saturday evening “Music in the Park” event was a huge success next to Wakefield’s Sunday Lake, thanks to a light-hearted crowd of folks who enjoyed each other’s company, along with a live band and balmy temperatures.

The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce sponsored the four-hour affair in Eddy Park as a fundraiser for the town’s Split Rock Trails that are just east of the park in the former Fink location.

The band Flashback was stationed inside of the John Siira Pavilion, on the east side of the park, where full tables of listeners also had acce...