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Former Hancock officer named to Appalachian Regional Commission leadership class

A former Washington County law enforcement officer who has spearheaded a safe recovery house for women in Hagerstown has been named to the Appalachian Regional Commission’s latest class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute.

Kevin Simmers, co-founder of Brooke’s House in Hagerstown, is among 40 community leaders across the Appalachian region, to join the leadership program.

Kevin Simmers

Brooke’s House provides drug and alcohol counseling on an outpatient level and provides long-term outpatient residential treatment. Brooke’s…