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Homes, open space set for former golf site

Beth Wahl, president of the William Floyd Community

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Beth Wahl, president of the William Floyd Community Summit and councilman Dan Pannico stand at the site that will become the Colony Preserve. (Oct. 24, 2011)

A failed golf course in Shirley will soon be redeveloped as a housing subdivision, and Brookhaven officials say the change will be on par with the community's need for more green space.

About 100 acres of the former Links At Shirley, a 205-acre golf course, will be handed over to the town as part of a pact with the subdivision's developer, Holiday Organization of Plainview. The town board...

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