By CHRISTOPHER M. MATTHEWS, Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS - Maryland lawmakers and supporters of Kent County's Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center promised on Wednesday to use the upcoming legislative session to fight the facility's closure by the Board of Public Works.
"That's not it," said Del. Mary Roe Walkup, R-Kent. "We haven't stopped yet. We won't turn our backs on them, that's not something I'm willing to do."
The Board of Public Works finalized a decision initially made in August to close the center by March, despite vocal opposition from the facility's employees, board of trustees and a number of state...
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