Paul Leech is no stranger to opening restaurants in Crystal Lake. With Jude s, Cantina 52, owning The Cottage and revamping Hickory Hall, he is adding another restaurant to the list Junction.
The Crystal Lake City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $14 million economic incentive package aimed at transforming the long-struggling Crystal Court shopping center into a complex with apartments, townhomes, restaurants, retail stores, an outdoor public area and possibly a hotel.
A ceremony was held to commemorate the renaming of the Crystal Lake post office in honor of a U.S. Marine corporal who was killed in a bombing in Iraq in 2006.