Today is Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. On this day in 2008, the Writers Guild of America strike ends after 100 days.
Famous birthdays include Abraham Lincoln – 1809; Charles Darwin – 1809; Christina Ricci – 1980; Robert Griffin III – 1990.
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HEADLINES
- Committee to Update Town's Affordable Housing Plan
- PHOTOS: Scenes from a Snowbound Fairfield
- Letter: Connecticut Must Set 'Gold Standard' for Gun Regulation
- Fairfield Students Named to University of Vermont 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 Tuesday, Feb. 12. Events may have been cancelled due to this weekend's blizzard.
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 (subject to cancellation due to blizzard)
- Board of Education Ad Hoc Communications Committee: 9:30 a.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East second floor) (agenda)
- RTM Redistricting Committee: 5 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) first floor conference room (agenda)
- Housing Authority: 6 p.m., 15 Pine Tree Lane (agenda)
- Town Plan and Zoning Commission: 7:30 p.m., McKinley School (agenda)
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday:
- Tuesday: "Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph."
- Tuesday night: "Mostly clear, with a low around 27. West wind 11 to 16 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: 12:09 a.m.
- Low tide: 6:31 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:51 a.m.
- High tide: 12:32 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:24 p.m.
- Low tide: 6:51 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
