Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013

Today is Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. On this day in 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb.

Famous birthdays include Jackie Robinson– 1919; Carol Channing – 1921; Portia de Rossi– 1973; Justin Timberlake – 1981.

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HEADLINES

• School Board Delays Vote on Fairfield Ludlowe Expansion 'Ed Specs'
• 'Rebound for Newtown' Basketball Fundraiser Tonight in Fairfield
• Get Your Super Bowl Menu Ready: Specials Offered in Fairfield
• Bearing Witness at the Gun Violence Hearing
• Fairfield Students Named to Stonehill College Dean's List
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Chico's Shopping Party to Benefit the Center for Woman & Families: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Chico's. "Shop at Chico's between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Chico's will donate 10 percent of sales proceeds to The Center for Women and Families.  Come out and support this wonderful local organization."
• Jeff LeBlanc: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $16. "An FTC favorite over the years, Sirius/XM "Singer/Songwriter Discovery of the Year" nominee Jeff LeBlanc returns to StageOne; this time with his full band."
• Retirement Planning Simulation Game: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. " You’ve got nothing to lose and knowledge to gain when you apply your personal finance know-how and compete for prizes."
• Franchising and Business Ownership – A Small Business Strategies Program: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Are you looking for an alternative to traditional employment?  Join us for an exploration of franchise ownership with franchising expert Luc Deslauriers."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Broken City – 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 49 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Impossible - 4:25 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Les Miserables – 4:15 p.m., 7:40 p.m. ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln – 4:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Movie 43 – 5:15 p.m., 7:35 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Parental Guidance – 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook – 3:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty – 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 7:45 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Fire Commission Special Meeting: 7 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) first floor conference room (agenda)
• Parking Authority: 7:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall second floor conference room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday:

• Thursday: "A chance of showers, mainly before 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 39 by 5 p.m. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."
• Thursday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 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: 1:33 a.m.
• Sunrise: 7:05 a.m.
• Low tide: 7:54 a.m.
• High tide: 1:52 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:09 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:12 p.m.

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