Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, March 14, 2013

Today is Thursday, March 14, 2013. On this day in 1964, Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

Famous birthdays include Albert Einstein – 1879; Michael Caine – 1933; Billy Crystal – 1948; Stephen Curry – 1988.

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HEADLINES

• Visions for Vacancies: 855 Post Road (in Bob's Plaza)
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Job Search Tools: 9:15 a.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Join us for a demonstration of how to find target companies, company news articles and executive information on 14 million companies; a free resume review service; free online continuing education courses, and more."
• Reel Film Series - "12 Angry Men": 7 p.m., The Bijou Theatre (275 Fairfield Avenue), $10. "Please join us for this special screening of the film, 12 Angry Men with guest speaker from Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder."
• Robben Ford: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $45. "Californian Robben Ford is not necessarily a blues guitarist."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Les Miserables (PG-13) –4 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (2 hrs., 37 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln (PG-13) – 4:05 p.m., 7:25 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) ­– 4:10 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful in 3D (PG) – 3:40 p.m., 6:35 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 4 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
• Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Burr Gardens Advisory Committee: 10 a.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road)
• Historic District Commission: 4:30 p.m., Old Town Hall (611 Old Post Road)
• Fire Commission: 7 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall

FORECAST

See the National Weather Service forecast for Thursday, March 14.

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: 1:25 a.m.
• Sunrise: 7:06 a.m.
• Low tide: 7:52 a.m.
• High tide: 1:52 p.m.
• Sunset: 6:59 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:03 p.m.

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