Fairfield Morning Briefing: Monday, March 4, 2013

Today is Monday, March 4, 2013. On this day in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.  

Famous birthdays include Henry the Navigator – 1394; Antonio Vivaldi – 1678; Patricia Heaton – 1958; Landon Donovan– 1982.

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HEADLINES

• Fairfield Author Debuts with First Novel: 'Last Ghost at Gettysburg'
• Potholes: Where Are They in Fairfield?
• Fire Commission Promotes Two New Lieutenants
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

Want your photos and/or write-ups from Fairfield youth or recreational sports featured on Fairfield Patch? Add them to the Community Sports Gallery.

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Knitting Workshop: 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., a little square/Pink Pom-Pom Project , free. "Come join Catherine and learn how to knit or even a new stitch at The Pink Pom-Pom Project."
• "Dear Auggie..." Video Wall: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Have you read "Wonder" yet? Were you moved by the story of Auggie and his friends?  Come up to the second floor of the Main Library on Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 8 and leave a video message about your thoughts on the book."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Amour (PG-13) ­– 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Les Miserables (PG-13) –6:40 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln (PG-13) – 4:10 p.m., 7:25 p.m. ­– (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Phantom (R) – 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 3:50 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Safe Haven (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m. (1 hr., 55 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 Impossible (PG-13) ­– 4:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Fair TV Public Access Committee: 6 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) lower level conference room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Saturday:

• Monday: "Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph."
• Monday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29."

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: 3:42 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:22 a.m.
• Low tide: 10:21 a.m.
• High tide: 4:21 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:48 p.m.
• Low tide: 10:38 p.m.

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