Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, April 4, 2013

Today is Thursday, April 4, 2013. On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.  

Famous birthdays include Maya Angelou – 1928; Hugo Weaving – 1960; Robert Downey Jr. – 1965; Heath Ledger – 1979.

***                         

HEADLINES

• Letter: Elimination of Town Funding to Pequot Library was 'Ill-Advised'
• 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

• Cinch Gourmet Meal Market Cooking Class: 7 p.m., Cinch Gourmet Meal Market, $75. "Learn how to properly chop and dice. Using your knife properly is one of the most important skills in any kitchen."
• Jumpstart Your Job Search: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free.  This information-packed workshop will help you become clear about what’s working (and what isn’t) in your job search or career transition.  Career coach Laura Powers will offer ideas about what you can do to enhance your results."
• MouseMuse Storytelling - Art of the Deal: 7:30 p.m., Fairfield Museum and History Center, $15. "Six storytellers on the same theme."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Admission (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m., 7:10 p.m.  (1 hrs., 57 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• G.I. Joe Retaliation (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m. ­(1 hr., 39 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• G.I. Joe Retaliation 3D (PG-13) – 7:05 p.m. (1 hr., 39 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (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 Host (PG-13) – 4 p.m., 7 p.m. (2 hrs., 5 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Historic District Commission: 5:30 p.m., Old Town Hall (611 Old Post Road) second floor conference room (agenda)
• Fairfield Woods Middle School Building Committee: 7 p.m., Fairfield Woods Middle School Media Center (agenda)
• RTM Budget Hearing: 7 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East, second floor)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday:

• Thursday: "Sunny, with a high near 49. West wind 5 to 11 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon."
• Thursday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light southwest after midnight."

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: 12:36 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:31 a.m.
• High tide: 6:41 a.m.  
• Low tide: 1:16 p.m.
• High tide: 7:19 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:21 p.m.

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