Today is Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. On this day in 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson, and Walter Johnson.
Famous birthdays include William McKinley – 1843; Tom Selleck – 1945; Oprah Winfrey – 1954; Adam Lambert – 1982.
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HEADLINES
- Grassroots Group 'Fairfield Taxpayer' Takes Message to the Web
- Letter: Don't Let Possible Cuts to School Budget Impact Learning
- Parents Call for Tighter Gun Laws in Tense Hearing
- Newtown News Center
- Police Blotter
- Local Voices
COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY
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EVENTS & REMINDERS
- Free SAT Practice Test: 5:30 p.m., Fairfield University, free. Register at www.kaptest.com.
- Former US Congressman Bob Steele Discusses His New Novel: 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Steele's novel 'The Curse: Big-Time Gambling's Seduction of a Small New England Town' comes at a time when Connecticut’s casinos face the prospect of heavy new competition from New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and there is growing political pressure to legalize Internet gambling."
- Soul Food Junkies Screening: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, free. A panel discussion will follow the one-hour screening.
FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES
- Broken City – 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 49 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 – 4:15 p.m., 7:40 p.m. – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Lincoln – 4:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m. (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Movie 43 – 5:15 p.m., 7:35 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Parental Guidance – 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 44 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., 4:20 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 7:45 p.m. (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
- Board of Education: 7:30 p.m., Fairfield Warde High School Auditorium (agenda)
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday:
- Tuesday: "A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent."
- Tuesday night: "A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 3 to 6 mph. 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: 12:15 a.m.
- Sunrise: 7:06 a.m.
- Low tide: 6:27 a.m.
- High tide: 12:28 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:06 p.m.
- Low tide: 6:50 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
