Community Corner
Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
Local events, announcements, and reminders to start your day.
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
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COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY
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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).
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