By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com One chapter of the Hearthstone story has now closed. During the last week of April, Hearthstone Community – the assisted living apartment building, the skilled nursing facility, the independent living duplexes, the older rowhomes, two single-family homes, and two development lots – sold to Backyard Partners for $6.35 million. Under the […]
Legacy Crossings plans a 55+ active community on Hearthstone property By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com “We were all concerned when Hearthstone closed,” Joe Napolitano, Woodstock’s Building and Planning director, recently told The Woodstock Independent. The upheaval for Hearthstone’s residents in rehab, skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living, and independent living was compounded by the fact that […]
We have a buyer. But it’s not True North Properties, whose Nick Ieremciuc made a presentation to City Council on Feb. 3.After Ieremciuc’s presentation detailing plans to turn Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone Village into ‘luxury’ studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments with the independent living duplexes also to be rented out, a council member asked Ieremciuc […]
Managers of senior housing commmunity offer some answers about future of troubled complex By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com At a meeting on Oct. 9, the remaining residents in Hearthstone’s independent living duplexes got answers to some of their questions from Suzanne Koenig, the CEO of SAK Healthcare, which has been managing the facility since it went […]
In a hopeful development for Woodstock’s Hearthstone Communities, SAK Healthcare – headquartered in Riverwoods, Ill. – took over management of the continuing care retirement community on Feb. 8. Residents were introduced to members of the new management team at a meeting six days later. The Hearthstone complex on North Seminary Avenue includes 28 independent living […]
Elementary students from across Woodstock School District 200 have begun the servant leadership portion of their Difference Makers program by visiting local assisted living facilities and senior programs to connect with elderly residents. Difference Makers is a grant-funded, after-school program conducted in partnership with the city of Woodstock to help fourth- and fifth-graders develop their […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
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