Happy 2012! Everyone here at the Norwood News wishes you and yours a healthy and happy new year.

Here are some of the local stories Breaking Bronx is following this morning:

The first baby born in New York City in 2012 hails from the Bronx. Little Rania Ali was born at Montefiore Medical Center just as the clock struck midnight, weighing in at seven pounds. Her parents, Alia and Imdad Ali, live in the Boogie Down, along with 3 1/2-year-old big brother Ryan. Congrats!

In college basketball news: the Fordham University Rams will take on the Harvard Crimson tonight at Fordham’s Bronx campus.

Supporters of the healthcare network owned by former State Sen. Pedro Espada journeyed to Mt. Kisco, NY, yesterday to rally near Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s home, protesting what they say is the politically motivated decision to ban the Soundview Healthcare clinics from the state’s Medicaid program. The State Department of Health and the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General booted Soundview from Medicaid over the summer, citing the network’s failure to comply with state laws. Espada is facing federal corruption charges that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from Soundview, accusations that Cuomo first charged in a civil suit back in 2010, while he was Attorney General.

About 150 Verizon customers in the Bronx have been without phone and Internet service for the last several weeks thanks to an accidentally-cut cable.

A 19-year-old was killed and two others were injured early Saturday during a shooting outside of a Webster Avenue apartment building in Fordham Heights. According to the Daily News, the violence erupted after an argument at a house party. Shaneek Young died at St. Barnabas Hospital; two other men were shot but were expected to survive. No arrests have been made.

Fred Milano, one of the original members of the Bronx-based 1950’s doo-wop group Dion & the Belmonts (see the video below) passed away Sunday at the age of 72.  According to NY1, he had been diagnosed with lung cancer just a few weeks ago.