Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, March 7, 2013

Today is Thursday, March 7, 2013. On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.

Famous birthdays include Bryan Cranston – 1956; Wanda Sykes – 1964; Rachel Weisz – 1970; Jenna Fischer – 1974.

***                         

HEADLINES

• Affordable Housing Push Moves Forward in Fairfield
• 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

• White Rainbow Screening: 6 p.m., Fairfield University, free. " Montage Initiative, with the collaboration of many Fairfield University academic departments, is pleased to announce the screening of the movie White Rainbow to shed light on a serious international issue of social justice.  
• Grand 'Loaves of Love' for Women & Girls: 7 p.m., Chabad of Fairfield, $10. "Join women of all ages to knead, braid and shape the Challah dough from scratch!"
• Fairfield LWV Hosts 'Man of Steele' RTM 101: 7 p.m., Fairfield University Bookstore, free. "Fairfield RTM Moderator Jeff Steele is the featured League of Women Voters’ Fairfield Forum speaker."
• The Alternate Routes Acoustic Duo: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $22. "More than just another local band, the gutsy alt-rockers in the Alternate Routes are each close personal friends of StageOne."
• Talking About "Wonder" with Dr. Mark Schenker: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "A favorite library lecturer and book discussion leader, Dr. Mark Schenker, joins us this March for a special book talk on Wonder by R. J. Palacio."

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

• Board of Selectmen/Board of Finance Joint 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: "Snow likely before 4 p.m., then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Windy, with a north wind 24 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible."
• Thursday night: "Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all snow after 7 p.m. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery, with a north wind 18 to 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible."

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: 12:54 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:17 a.m.
• High tide: 7:01 a.m.
• Low tide: 1:37 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:51 p.m.
• High tide: 7:38 p.m.

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