Darien Morning Briefing, Oct. 31

Today is Monday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2011. Happy Halloween!

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Shelter from the storm: For those left without power by the weekend nor'easter, both the Darien Library and are fully powered and open to the public today. The YMCA is also offering hot showers.
• Preschool time: At 1:30 p.m., the hosts a storytime for preschoolers (ages 3 to 5) including stories, songs, and act-outs.
• Linda George paintings: From now until Nov. 9, by Linda George will be on display in the library's Art Gallery.
• Fashion Transformed: From now until Jan. 27, the y hosts ." The exhibit features 17 costumes from the era. The center is open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Puss in Boots: 7:00 p.m. (1 hr. 30 min)
• The Ides of March: 7:00 p.m. (1 hr. 40 min.)

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• None scheduled

FORECAST

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming southeast between 4 and 7 mph. 
• Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind between 6 and 8 mph.

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 3:16 a.m. (7.3')
• Sunrise: 7:23 a.m.
• Low tide: 9:33 a.m. (0.3')
• High tide: 3:37 p.m. (7.9')
• Sunset: 5:51 p.m.
• Low tide: 10:14 p.m. (0.1')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1517: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
• 1913: Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States.
• 1926: Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
• 1941: After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
• 1956: Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• 1959: Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.
• 2000: Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.