Fairfield Morning Briefing: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. On this day in 2005, Katie Couric made her network anchor debut on CBS.

Famous birthdays include Jack Daniel - 1846; Jesse James  – 1847; Bob Newhart – 1929; Freddie Mercury – 1946.

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HEADLINES

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COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., , $5. "Are you ready to pick up speed in building your connections and growing your business? Here's your chance to participate and engage at our "Momentum Tour" this Fall! Yes! SOAR's event in the Networking Series, "SOAR After Hours" (a business networking mixer), is going back on the road!"
• 6:15 p.m., , P.C., free. "In this one-hour free talk, we’ll examine the increasing role of toxins in chronic illness and explore how a supervised detoxification program can help protect your health and promote optimal function."
• : 7 p.m., , free. "Dr. Z will explain what really causes heart disease and what you can do now to prevent it, despite your family history."

AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Beasts of the Southern Wild – 4 p.m., 6:45 p.m. (1 hr., 31 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Celeste and Jesse Forever – 8:05 p.m. (1 hr., 29 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – 4:05 p.m. (1 hr., 34 min.) – IMDb ­­– Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Hope Springs – 5:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m. (2 hrs., 1 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Intouchables – 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 52 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lawless – 4:20 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (1 hr., 55 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Moonrise Kingdom – 6:30 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green – 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m. (1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure – 3:50 p.m., 6:05 p.m. (1 hr., 28 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• ParaNorman ­– 5 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• ParaNorman 3D – 7:15 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Premium Rush ­­– 5:05 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 31 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• : 4:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) first floor conference room (agenda)
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Plan Advisory Committee: 5 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall second floor conference room (agenda)
• : 7:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday:

• Wednesday: "Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible."
• Wednesday night: "A chance of showers, mainly before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Fairfield Patch’s "Commute” page.

• Westport: northbound, south of Exit 19 – Maple Lane
• Fairfield: southbound, Exit 19 – Mill Hill Road
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 21 – North Pine Creek Road
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – Fairfield Service Plaza
• Fairfield: northbound, Exit 22 – North Benson Road
• Fairfield: southbound, north of Exit 24 – Brentwood Avenue
• Bridgeport: northbound, Exit 26 – Wordin Avenue

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 2:53 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:24 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:57 a.m.
• High tide: 3:08 p.m.  
• Sunset: 7:18 p.m.
• Low tide: 9:34 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to the closest selection to Fairfield, Bridgeport Harbor).