Giant sinkhole swallowing up Windermere home’s front lawn

A sinkhole close to 60 feet wide and 10 feet deep is swallowing the front yard of a home in Windermere. Now, town engineers said dozens more homes could be in danger of sinkholes as well. The sinkhole is off Wax Berry Court, which is off Park Avenue. It’s a low-lying area between Crescent Lake and Waussian Bay. Engineers said the ground water system connecting the two bodies of water could have caused the sinkhole to form. "It was about half that size,” said Paul Padfield. “The depth is about twice as deep as it originally was." Padfield noticed the sinkhole Monday morning after taking his son Alex to school.