Today is Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. On this day in 1948, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian Independence movement Mohandas Ghandi was assassinated.
Famous birthdays include Franklin Roosevelt – 1882; Gene Hackman – 1930; Phil Collins – 1951; Christian Bale – 1974.
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HEADLINES
- School Board Trims Superintendent's Proposed Budget by $342K [VIDEOS]
- First Selectman's 2013 State of the Town Address
- Republicans Respond to First Selectman's State of the Town Address
- Letter: No Data to Support Use of CPM Algebra Textbook
- Ending Gun Violence for All
- Newtown News Center
- Police Blotter
- Local Voices
COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY
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EVENTS & REMINDERS
- BIG Fairfield Presents How to Get Ink: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Southport Brewing Company, $12 for members/$25 for nonmembers. Learn how to get published and promote your book.
- Dry Cleaned Clothing Sale at Operation Hope: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Operation Hope. "The Korean Dry Cleaning Association of CT has donated over 600 dry cleaned garments to Operation Hope. For a minimal price and donation, we are offering these clothes to the public."
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 Finance Quarterly Meeting: 7:30 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East, second floor) (agenda)
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday:
- Wednesday: "A chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 11 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible."
- Wednesday night: "Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4 a.m., then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 42. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches 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
- High tide: 12:53 a.m.
- Sunrise: 7:06 a.m.
- Low tide: 7:09 a.m.
- High tide: 1:08 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:08 p.m.
- Low tide: 7:29 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
