Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. On this day in 278, the holy priest Valentine was executed in Rome.
Famous birthdays include Frederick Douglass – 1818; Michael Bloomberg – 1942; Carl Bernstein – 1944; Simon Pegg – 1970.
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HEADLINES
- Visions for Vacancies: Former Life is Good Store on the Post Road
- March for Change V-Day Rally Photos
- Valentine's Day: More Than a Hallmark Holiday?
- Fairfield Students Named to Washington and Lee University Dean's List
- 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
See the Events Calendar for Thursday, Feb. 14.
FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES
- The Impossible – 4:25 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Les Miserables –3:45 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Lincoln – 4:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m. – (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Parental Guidance – 7 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Quartet – 5:20 p.m., 7:45 p.m. – (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Side Effects – 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. – (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDB – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Silver Linings Playbook – 3:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Stand Up Guys – 5:05 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Zero Dark Thirty – 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 7:40 p.m. (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
- Economic Development Commission: 8 a.m., Old Town Hall (611 Old Post Road) conference room (agenda)
- Fairfield Forestry Commission: 1 p.m., Fairfield Public Library Jennings Room (agenda)
- Historic District Commission: 4:30 p.m., Old Town Hall second floor conference room (agenda)
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday:
- Thursday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon."
- Thursday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 8 mph."
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: 1:39 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.
- Low tide: 8:05 a.m.
- High tide: 2:05 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:26 p.m.
- Low tide: 8:19 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
