Fairfield Morning Briefing: Monday, April 30, 2012

Today is Monday, April 30, 2012. On this day in 1997, the character Ellen Morgan (played by Ellen Degeneres) announced on the sitcom “Ellen” that she is gay. This made “Ellen” the first primetime sitcom to feature a gay major character.  

Famous birthdays include Cloris Leachman – 1926; Willie Nelson – 1933; Michael Waltrip – 1963; Kirsten Dunst – 1982.   

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COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• : 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., . “During the entire month of April we will be collecting art supplies for the students in Sister Theresa's Pre-School class and, if we receive enough supplies, we will donate some supplies to one of the elementary inner-city schools in Bridgeport that can surely use art supplies for the children.”
• : 6:30 p.m., St. Catherine Academy, 760 Tahmore Drive, free. “Saint Catherine Academy will be hosting a parent workshop focused on targeting the stresses and challenges that parents of children with intellectual disabilities face.”
• : 5 p.m., , $10. “Join Junior Achievement for an evening of food, friends, and family, as they celebrate financial literacy month at Chip's Family Restaurant! 100% of the evening's proceeds will go to JA and their outstanding efforts to give young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Seatings: 5-6pm, 7-8pm, 8-9pm-no reservations required.”
• : 6:30 p.m., , free.  “If you are a Civil War and history buff, you don’t want to miss this author.  Matthew Bartlett author of ‘The Gettysburg Chronicle Volume III:  The Bloody Pit’ will be lecturing at the Fairfield Woods Branch Library. The program “From Washington to Lee:  Colonial and Domestic Connections to the Civil War” connects people, places and events to the Civil War that you may not have known about. “
• 8:30 p.m., , $10. “Join Ingrid Prueher of the Spanish Music and Movement classes for some conversations and drinks/desserts after the kiddies are in bed for some girl talk in Spanish. Ingrid will provide a curriculum of topics for discussion each night with some vocabulary to be familiar with before the class.”

AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Bully – 12:10 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:55 p.m. (1 hr. 34 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Cabin in the Woods – 12:40 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (1 hr., 35 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Five-Year Engagement – 1:10 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 10:10 p.m. (2 hrs., 4 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Hunger Games – 12:15 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 6:55 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10 p.m. (2 hrs., 22 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• The Lucky One – 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:40 p.m. (1 hr., 41 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes - Trailer
• Mirror Mirror – 1:15 p.m., 3:45 p.m., (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Raven – 1:30 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:50 p.m. (1 hr., 43 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – 1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:20 p.m. (1 hr., 52 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Titanic 3D – 12 p.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m. (3 hrs., 14 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Policy Committee: 4:15 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East) (agenda)
• Special Projects Standing Building Committee: 5:30 p.m., Principal’s Conference Room, Sherman School (agenda)
• Penfield Pavilion Building Committee: 6:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) (agenda)
• : 8 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 10 p.m. on Sunday:

• Monday: “Sunny, with a high near 61. North wind between 3 and 10 mph.”
• Monday night: “Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Increasing clouds, with a low around 48. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.”

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Fairfield Patch’s “Traffic & Gas Prices” 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

• Low tide: 12:24 a.m.
• Sunrise: 5:51 a.m.
• High tide: 6:28 a.m.
• Low tide: 12:54 p.m.
• High tide: 7:05 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:49 p.m.

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