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First Baby Of 2024 Welcomed By Hospital In Westchester First Baby Of 2024 Welcomed By Hospital In Westchester
First Baby Of 2024 Welcomed By Hospital In Westchester A medical center in Westchester is celebrating the first baby delivered by its midwives in 2024.  The first baby to be born in 2024 at Open Door Family Medical Center at Phelps Hospital in Port Chester was announced to be Yessenia Ramirez-Calderon, officials said on Thursday, Jan. 11. Ramirez-Calderon was born on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 12:10 p.m. and weighed in at 7 pounds. She was born to Arlin Calderon and Wilfredo Ramirez of Port Chester and has a big brother, Nicholas, and a big sister, Arlinda.  The medical center released a picture of the happy family…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Opera Singer From Westchester Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Busy Highway Opera Singer From Westchester Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Busy Highway
Opera Singer From Westchester Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Busy 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
Police & Fire
Police Officer Delivers Baby At Westchester Home Police Officer Delivers Baby At Westchester Home
Police Officer Delivers Baby At Westchester Home A Westchester police officer came to the rescue of a mother in active labor and ended up delivering her baby at her residence. The delivery took place around 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 22, after Greenburgh Police officers and EMS units responded to a residence in the Fairview section of the Town of Greenburgh for a patient that was experiencing labor pains and contractions. Upon police arrival, Detective Paramedic Dean Annicchiarico quickly assessed the 27-year-old female who was in active labor, said Lieutenant Kobie Powell, of the Greenburgh Police Department. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
'Probie' Helps Deliver Baby Girl On First Run As Firefighter In Westchester 'Probie' Helps Deliver Baby Girl On First Run As Firefighter In Westchester
'Probie' Helps Deliver Baby Girl On First Run As Firefighter In Westchester A "probie" (probationary) firefighter got more than he bargained for on his first shift, the delivery of a baby. The delivery took place around 7:27 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, on Riverdale Avenue, said Yonkers Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone. According to the chief, members from engine company 303 from Station 3 on Vark St. including Capt. Chris Canfield, FF Tom Kilduff, FF Tom Halpin, and Probationary FF Michael Iacovello delivered a baby girl.  "That was PFF Iacovello’s first tour in the firehouse," Citrone said. All are well. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Trooper Visits Baby He Delivered On Her First Birthday Trooper Visits Baby He Delivered On Her First Birthday
Trooper Visits Baby He Delivered On Her First Birthday In 2018, New York State Trooper Victor Chan helped deliver a beautiful baby on the side of the road in Putnam County. This week, Chan returned to visit the family and celebrate her first birthday. Minutes after the delivery.New York State Police Her parents named her Victoria, after Trooper Chan.

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Baby Delivered During Nor'easter In Westchester Baby Delivered During Nor'easter In Westchester
Baby Delivered During Nor'easter In Westchester A new baby boy came screaming into the world with a little help from firefighters as the season's first Nor'easter hammered the area. With the extreme weather, an ambulance could not reach the home where the mother was in labor, so Yonkers firefighters from Engine 307 stepped in and delivered the little one safely around 6:22 p.m. Thursday, according to Deputy Chief Daniel P. Flynn. The crew, including Capt. Anthony Porco, and firefighters Brian Dunn, Brian Mulqueen, and Jonavy Arias, were dispatched to the Southeast Yonkers home around 4:47 p.m. After two hours of helping t…

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by Kathy Reakes