Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Today is Tuesday, March 26, 2013. On this day in 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel "This Side of Paradise" was published.

Famous birthdays include Leonard Nimoy – 1931; Diana Ross – 1944; Steven Tyler – 1948; Keira Knightley – 1985.

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HEADLINES

• [VIDEO] Traffic Enforcement Cameras Added to Fairfield School Buses
• No Job Too Small for Fairfield's 'Small Jobs Company'
• CT Senators to NRA: Cease and Desist Calls to Newtown
• Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival Seeks 2014 Beneficiaries
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Reduce Your Risk for Diabetes and Gain Tools for Healthy Living: 6 p.m., Fairfield YMCA, free. "Meet one of our supportive Y leaders and learn more about eating healthier, increasing physical activity and making other behavior changes for healthy living."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Admission (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m., 7:20 p.m. – (1 hrs., 57 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) – 4:10 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful in 3D (PG) – 3:40 p.m., 6:35 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer ­
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 4:20 p.m., 6:50 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Side Effects (R) – 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook (R) – 3:55 p.m., 6:45 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Croods (PG) – 5:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Croods 3D (PG) – 4:55 p.m., 7:15 p.m. (1 hr., 38 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• The Gatekeepers (PG-13) ­– 3:50 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 6:30 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Town Planning and Zoning Commission: 7 p.m., McKinley School (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday:

• Tuesday: "A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 10 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent."
• Tuesday night: "Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 6 to 8 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

• Low tide: 5:16 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:46 a.m.
• High tide: 11:18 a.m.  
• Low tide: 5:33 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:12 p.m.
• High tide: 11:36 p.m.

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