Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Today is Tuesday, July 10, 2012. On this day in 1925, the "Monkey Trial" against high school teacher John Thomas Scopes began in Tenn. Scopes was accused of teaching evolution to his students, which was against state law.

Famous birthdays include Nikola Tesla – 1856; David Brinkley – 1920; Sofia Vergara – 1972; Jessica Simpson – 1980.  

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HEADLINES

• Chatham Road Hearing Continues Tonight
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• : 12 p.m., , free. " Find out the difference between Medicare and Medicaid and how one qualifies for either program."
• : 1:45 p.m., , free. This is a five-week program for kids entering kindergarten through second grade. No registration is necessary, but tickets will be given to the first 20 children who arrive. Themes for the program include Pizza!, Under the Sea, Olympics, Bugging Out and Beach Time.
• : 8 p.m., , $39. " The enduring, hard-touring, and self-caricaturing rock group Cheap Trick worked its way up to platinum sales with an explosive fusion of Beatlesque melodic hooks, Who-styled crunching power chords, and a flair for the absurd."

AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• The Amazing Spider-Man 3D – 12:45 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 9:45 p.m. (2 hrs., 16 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Amazing Spider-Man – 1:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10:15 p.m. (2 hrs., 16 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 58 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Brave – 12:15 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:25 p.m. (1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Brave in Disney Digital 3D  – 2:10 p.m., 9:55 p.m. (1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Katy Perry: Part of Me – 1:50 a.m. (1 hr., 35 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D – 4:20 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:20 p.m. (1 hr., 35 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Magic Mike – 1:45 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:50 p.m. (1 hr., 50 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Moonrise Kingdom – 12:30 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• People Like Us – 1:30 p.m., 4:35 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 10:10 p.m. (1 hr., 45 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• To Rome With Love – 1:10 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 10 p.m. (1 hr., 35 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• : 6 p.m., 15 Pine Tree Lane (agenda)
• Not-For-Profit Subcommittee: 7 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) first floor conference room (agenda)
• Building Committee: 7:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall first floor conference room (agenda)
• : 7:30 p.m., McKinley Elementary School (agenda)

FORECAST as of 8 p.m. on Monday:

• Tuesday: “Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon.”
• Tuesday night: “Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.”

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

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• 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: 4:53 a.m.
• Sunrise: 5:30 a.m.
• Low tide: 11:05 a.m.
• High tide: 5:20 a.m.
• Sunset: 8:26 p.m.
• Low tide: 11:47 p.m.

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