Incomplete infrastructure could hinder completion of five McHenry County subdivisions Incomplete infrastructure might affect construction in five subdivisions in McHenry County, including the Woods of Stone Ridge near Crystal Lake. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 7/26/2021 7:16 PM
Most people don t move to a subdivision to live alone, but that s what life has been like for Bob and Linda Murray, who have lived in the Woods of Stone Ridge subdivision outside Crystal Lake for the past 10 years after the neighborhood s developer left it unfinished. We sort of enjoyed the 20 acres to ourselves for 10 years, Linda Murray said. This has been nice.
The Murrays bought their plot around the beginning of the Great Recession. With the housing bubble bursting and the economy crashing, many home developers went bankrupt.
Updated 2/18/2021 6:38 PM
A former Kmart store, vacant for 12 years, is transforming into a mass vaccination site, the result of a collaboration among the city of McHenry, the McHenry County Department of Health, and local businesses, officials said.
City leaders will officially turn the building at 1900 N. Richmond Road over to the local health department Friday afternoon, according to a news release.
County Administrator Pete Austin said McHenry did a fantastic job of preparing the building, in large part due to McHenry Police Chief John Birk. I know that they had to do some cleaning in there and painting and rewiring and getting internet, Austin told the Northwest Herald.