Community Corner
Fairfield Morning Briefing: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Local events, announcements, and reminders to start your day.
Today is Wednesday, March 6, 2013. On this day in 1899, Bayer patented the painkiller aspirin.
Famous birthdays include Michelangelo – 1475; Elizabeth Barrett Browning – 1806; Lou Costello – 1906; Shaquille O'Neal – 1972.
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HEADLINES
- Fairfield Financiers Suggest Cuts Could Come for Proposed School Budget
- Noodle Bar Moving into Brick Walk Space
- Fairfield Sen. John McKinney Announces Statewide Budget Tour
- Secondary Math Textbooks Available for Public Review This Week
- Newtown News Center
- Police Blotter
- Local Voices
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COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY
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EVENTS & REMINDERS
- World Read Aloud Day: 4 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Special guest readers, including Fairfield Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Title, Fairfield Police Chief Gary McNamara and Deputy Town Librarian Nancy Coriaty, will read aloud their favorite stories to children of all ages."
- Issues of the Day - Living on One Dollar: 7 p.m., Pequot Library, free. Screening of "Living on One Dollar" documentary followed by Q&A with filmmakers.
FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES
- Amour (PG-13) – 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:50 p.m. (2 hrs., 7 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Les Miserables (PG-13) –6:40 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Lincoln (PG-13) – 4:10 p.m., 7:25 p.m. – (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Phantom (R) – 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Quartet (PG-13) – 3:50 p.m., 6:30 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Safe Haven (PG-13) – 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m. (1 hr., 55 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 Impossible (PG-13) – 4:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
- Zero Dark Thirty (R) – 3:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m. (2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
- Board of Selectmen: 4:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall (725 Old Post Road) first floor conference room (agenda)
- RTM District 8 Town Hall Meeting: 7 p.m., Holland Hill All-Purpose Room
FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday:
- Wednesday: "A chance of rain and snow before noon, then snow. High near 41. Breezy, with a east wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible."
- Wednesday night: "Snow. Low around 31. Windy, with a north wind 26 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 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: 5:54 a.m.
- Sunrise: 6:19 a.m.
- Low tide: 12:34 p.m.
- Sunset: 5:50 p.m.
- High tide: 6:34 p.m.
Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Southport Harbor).
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