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Originally posted by: A Resident
"There is another anniversary coming up this week that I'm sure area golfers will remember.  It will be a year on Thursday, March 31 that Van Hook Golf Course closed.  For residents in the area, students, faculty , staff and those who must drive by Van Hook twice a day to and from work it is a very depressing sight.  Greens are over grown and fairways are now roughs with small trees starting to grow on them.       To those who work at the University  it must be symbolic of  USM’s downward spiral.   Drive passes the area if you dare and are in good enough spirits not to get depressed easily.  The only evidence of the construction of a “research park” that I could see were about 3 or 4 small flags near one of the greens marking what may be where a pipe line will be laid. "

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