Fairfield Morning Briefing: Monday, March 25, 2013

Today is Monday, March 25, 2013. On this day in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burned down, killing 145 workers.

Famous birthdays include Aretha Franklin – 1942; Elton John – 1947; Sarah Jessica Parker – 1965; Danica Patrick – 1982.

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HEADLINES

• Hundreds of Taxpayers Turn Out for Public Comment Budget Session
• Letter: Change to Number of Districts 'Should Not Be Made Lightly'
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Rendezvous with French Cinema - "Granny's Funeral'': 6:30 p.m., the Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, $10. "Although he made no effort to see his grandmother in her waning years, pharmacist Armand (director Podalydès’ brother and co-writer Denis) must now deal with her funeral arrangements."
• Rendezvous with French Cinema - "Journal De France": 8:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre, $10. "Depardon’s brilliant self-portrait (co-directed by his longtime collaborator and sound engineer Claudine Nougaret) takes a surprising point of view on the great documentarian’s life—not only as a filmmaker, but as a photographer of expressive precision, capturing the entirety of French society over the decades."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Admission (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m., 7:20 p.m. – (1 hrs., 57 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) – 4:10 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful in 3D (PG) – 3:40 p.m., 6:35 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer ­
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 4:20 p.m., 6:50 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Side Effects (R) – 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook (R) – 3:55 p.m., 6:45 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Croods (PG) – 5:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Croods 3D (PG) – 4:55 p.m., 7:15 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Gatekeepers (PG-13) ­– 3:50 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 6:30 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Special Projects Standing Committee: 5 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Friday:

• Monday: "A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent."
• Monday night: "A chance of snow before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. 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

• Low tide: 4:31 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:48 a.m.
• High tide: 10:35 a.m.  
• Low tide: 4:51 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:11 p.m.
• High tide: 10:55 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).