Fairfield Morning Briefing: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013

Today is Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. On this day in 278, the holy priest Valentine was executed in Rome.

Famous birthdays include Frederick Douglass – 1818; Michael Bloomberg – 1942; Carl Bernstein – 1944; Simon Pegg – 1970.

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HEADLINES

• Visions for Vacancies: Former Life is Good Store on the Post Road
• March for Change V-Day Rally Photos
• Valentine's Day: More Than a Hallmark Holiday?
• Fairfield Students Named to Washington and Lee University Dean's List
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

See the Events Calendar for Thursday, Feb. 14.

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• The Impossible ­– 4:25 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (1 hr., 47 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Les Miserables –3:45 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Lincoln – 4:30 p.m., 7:50 p.m. ­– (2 hrs., 30 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Parental Guidance – 7 p.m. (1 hr., 44 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Quartet ­­– 5:20 p.m., 7:45 p.m. – (1 hr., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes ­– Trailer
• Side Effects – 4:45 p.m., 7:20 p.m. – (1 hr., 46 min.) – IMDB – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Silver Linings Playbook – 3:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m. (2 hrs.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Stand Up Guys – 5:05 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (1 hr., 33 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Zero Dark Thirty – 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 7:40 p.m. ­(2 hrs., 37 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Economic Development Commission: 8 a.m., Old Town Hall (611 Old Post Road) conference room (agenda)
• Fairfield Forestry Commission: 1 p.m., Fairfield Public Library Jennings Room (agenda)
• Historic District Commission: 4:30 p.m., Old Town Hall second floor conference room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday:

• Thursday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon."
• Thursday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 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

• High tide: 1:39 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:05 a.m.
• High tide: 2:05 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:26 p.m.
• Low tide: 8:19 p.m.

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