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Acting Mayor Named In Stamford As Caroline Simmons Awaits Birth Of Child Acting Mayor Named In Stamford As Caroline Simmons Awaits Birth Of Child
Acting Mayor Named In Stamford As Caroline Simmons Awaits Birth Of Child Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons has named an interim to take her place as she and her husband Art prepare for their family's third child. Jeff Curtis, the president of the Board of Representatives, was named the acting mayor by Simmons on Wednesday, Jan. 26 shortly before she prepared to give birth. According to Stamford’s charter, the president of the Board of Representatives serves as acting mayor if the elected mayor is absent or has a temporary disability, though his powers will have some limits, including an inability to hire or dismiss staff members. “As discussed, my husband A…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Trooper Escorts Woman In Labor After Stopping Car Going 100 MPH In Region Trooper Escorts Woman In Labor After Stopping Car Going 100 MPH In Region
Trooper Escorts Woman In Labor After Stopping Car Going 100 MPH In Region What started as a traffic stop for a car traveling over 100 miles per hour ended with a state trooper escorting the vehicle to a local hospital to deliver a baby in Western Massachusets. The special delivery took place around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 5, in Hampden County when Trooper Jose Cabrera, assigned to the Springfield Barracks, stopped a vehicle for traveling over 100 miles per hour on Route 91 southbound in West Springfield, said the Massachusetts State Police. When he approached the car, the driver explained his girlfriend was in labor and that her water had broken.  Cabre…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Opera Singer En Route To Danbury Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Highway Opera Singer En Route To Danbury Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Highway
Opera Singer En Route To Danbury Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Highway Emily Hardman had a general idea of how she wanted the birth of her second baby to go: Vaginally and unmedicated. The professional opera singer, who lives in Northern Westchester, got just that early last Saturday morning, May 15. The only thing was, though, she wasn't in a hospital with midwifery care and her doula. She was in the backseat of her family's Honda Accord -- with her husband Travis Hardman, the CEO of Daily Voice, behind the wheel -- on Route 78 in New Jersey, guided by nothing but a meditation app and cues from her own body. At 5:47 a.m. on that special day, baby girl Rosem…

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by Cecilia Levine