State Senator Mary Ann Handley

Senator Mary Ann Handley (center) celebrates the $50,000 state grant she secured for a joint venture between East Hartford Community Care and ECHN to provide poor patients with follow-up visits to medical specialists, such as neurologists and orthopedists. Pictured left to right are: ECHN CEO Peter Karl; state Rep. Jack Thompson (D-Manchester); Sen. Handley; East Hartford Community Care CEO Marjorie Berry; and Dr. Thomas McLarney, medical director for East Hartford Community Care. (February 11, 2009)