Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. On this day in 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay knocked out heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston.

Famous birthdays include Levi Strauss – 1829; William "Buffalo Bill" Cody – 1846; Jackie Gleason – 1916; Johnny Gleason – 1932.

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HEADLINES

• Learn about Fairfield Summer Camps at March 5 Open House
• Great Movies Time (Might) Forget
• Letter: No Alternative to Cutting Fairfield's Budget
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Community Cinema - 'The Powerbroker' Screening: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, free. "The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights follows his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League."
• General Public Ticket Sales Event for Flo Rida Concert: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m., Sacred Heart University Hawley Lounge. "Purchase a ticket in person and your name will be entered into a raffle to win VIP entrance to the show for you and 10 of your friends!"

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Amour ­– 4 p.m., 7:15 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• 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., 7:45 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., 7:50 p.m.(1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Safe Haven – 4:10 p.m., 7 p.m. (1 hr., 46 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
• Zero Dark Thirty – 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Board of Education: 7:30 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East second floor) (agenda)
• Town Planning & Zoning Commission: 7:30 p.m., McKinley School

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday: 

• Tuesday: "Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon."
• Tuesday night: "Rain, mainly after 9 p.m. Low around 36. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch 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: 5:24 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:32 a.m.
• High tide: 11:25 a.m.
• Sunset: 5:41 p.m.
• Low tide: 5:44 p.m.
• High tide: 11:46 p.m.

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