Fairfield Morning Briefing: Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 [Weekend Planner]

Today is Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. On this day in 1884, the first portion -- or fascicle -- of the Oxford English Dictionary debuted.

Famous birthdays include Clark Gable – 1901; Langston Hughes – 1902; Sherman Hemsley – 1938; Rick James – 1948.

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HEADLINES

• Fairfield Beach Road Properties Sell for $2.45 Million
• Letter: Some Observations on Tetreau's State of the Town Address
• Letter: 'Town Budget Needs to Reflect Affordability'
• Fairfield Students Named to Fairfield University Dean's List
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

Friday

• FTC Winter Thaw: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $100. "We're having a party and you are invited! Please join us for a night of great food, live music and dancing, and tons of fun."

Saturday

• DIY Handweaving Craft Salon: 11 a.m., Fairfield Woods Branch Library, free. "Crafters, come learn the art of handweaving at the library’s craft salon."
• Grey Matter Matters: 7 p.m., Fairfield Theatre Company, $20. "A benefit concert for the American Brain Tumor Association."

Sunday

• Chowdafest: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Webster Bank Arena (600 Main Street, Bridgeport) $10. " Chowdafest is the premier soup & chowder competition where you are the judge!  Sample over 30 different decadent chowder, soup & bisques then rate your favorites."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Broken City – 9:45 p.m. (1 hr., 49 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• The Impossible - 1:10 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Les Miserables – 12:55 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:35 p.m. ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln – 1:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Movie 43 – 12:40 p.m., 2:55 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Parental Guidance – 1:30 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 7:20 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook – 12:50 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:30 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Stand Up Guys – 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:10 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty – 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 7:40 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Thursday:

• Friday: "A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent."
• Friday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph."
• Saturday: "Partly sunny, with a high near 31. West wind 7 to 13 mph."
• Saturday night: "Light snow likely, mainly after 2 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent."
• Sunday: "Snow likely before 11 a.m., then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible."
• Sunday night: "A chance of rain and snow before 7 p.m., then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."

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

Friday

• High tide: 2:17 a.m.
• Sunrise: 7:04 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:43 a.m.
• High tide: 2:41 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:10 p.m.
• Low tide: 9 p.m.

Saturday

• High tide: 3:06 a.m.
• Sunrise: 7:03 a.m.
• Low tide: 9:38 a.m.
• High tide: 3:36 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:11 p.m.
• Low tide: 9:54 p.m.

Sunday

• High tide: 4:02 a.m.
• Sunrise: 7:02 a.m.
• Low tide: 10:39 a.m.
• High tide: 4:37 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:13 p.m.
• Low tide: 10:54 p.m.

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