Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012

Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union inaugurated the "Space Age" with the launch of the artificial satellite Sputnik.

Famous birthdays include Rutherford B. Hayes – 1822; Charlton Heston – 1923; Susan Sarandon – 1946; Derrick Rose – 1988.

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HEADLINES

• Letter: 'DeSanctis Runs Away from the Issues'
• Police Probe Star Fuels Armed Robbery
• Coastal Fairfield County Business Owners: Free Social Media Training
• Police Blotter
• Campaign Notebook
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Talking About Books - "The Iliad" with Dr. Mark Schenker: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Dr. Schenker will offer a four-session series on The Iliad by Homer in the Robert Fagles translation (Penguin, 1990).  He will consider the poem as a literary experience, both in the contemporary context of our reading it -- it remains a powerful anti-war poem -- and in the context of ancient Greek culture."
• NRBQ: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $35. "NRBQ (the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) have amassed a fanatical cult following over more than two decades of recording and touring with their incredibly versatile eclecticism; their music might veer from country to rockabilly to pop to bar-band R&B to blues to free jazz." (Pictured)
• : 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Bullish, bearish, unaware-ish?  Join us as we discuss the stock market from a beginner’s perspective.  The focus will be on stocks, bonds and mutual funds.  How to interpret the financial information available in the media and use that information in your financial decision-making will also be examined."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Finding Nemo 3D – 3:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (1 hr., 41 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Hope Springs – 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m. (2 hrs., 1 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Hotel Transylvania ­­– 5:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. (1 hr., 31 min.) – IMDB – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Hotel Transylvania 3D – 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m. (1 hr., 31 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Intouchables – 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 52 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Master – 3:40 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 7:10 p.m. (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green – 7:40 p.m. (1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Trouble with the Curve – 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 51 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Zoning Board of Appeals: 2:45 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road)
• Retirement Board for Police and Firefighters: 4:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall
• Fairfield Woods Middle School Building Committee: 7 p.m., Fairfield Woods Middle School Media Center (agenda)
• Conservation Commission/Inlands Wetlands Agency: 7:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall second floor conference room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday:

• Thursday:  "Areas of drizzle before 10 a.m., then a chance of showers between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. Areas of fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms."
• Thursday night: " A chance of showers, mainly before 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."

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: 2:23 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:53 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:22 a.m.
• High tide: 2:32 p.m.
• Sunset: 6:29 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:58 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to the closest selection to Fairfield, Bridgeport Harbor).