Community Corner

Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Local events, announcements, and reminders to start your day.

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.  

***

Find out what's happening in Fairfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Find out what's happening in Fairfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

 

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

Want your photos and/or write-ups from Fairfield youth or recreational sports featured on Fairfield Patch? Add them to the .

 

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

 

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

See also Fairfield Patch’s “Traffic & Gas Prices” page.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here