To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Charlene Manko of New London, holds her newborn son Amarih James Manko, born at 1:07 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2017, the first birth of 2017 at L+M Memorial Hospital in New London, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Amarih weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.