Fairfield Morning Briefing: Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Today is Tuesday, March 5, 2013. On this day in 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered the famous "Iron Curtain" speech.

Famous birthdays include James Merritt Ives – 1824; John Frusciante – 1970; Eva Mendes – 1974; Kevin Connolly – 1974.

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HEADLINES

• Fairfield Building Official Seeks Funding for Blight Cleanup
• Let's Make Guns as Cool as Smoking Cigarettes
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• : 7 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, free. "Join us when technology instructor Susan McAteer reviews LinkedIn basics, including:  polishing your profile, using key words to get your profile included in search results, using LinkedIn Groups, and best practices for inviting and contacting others."
• College Admissions Today: 7 p.m., Roger Ludlowe Middle School, $44. "If your family is thinking about college, and wondering how to begin to planning, come to this one-night class offered through Fairfield Continuing Education."

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/Board of Finance Joint Budget Hearing: 7 p.m., Board of Education Conference Room (501 Kings Highway East, second floor) (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Monday:

• Tuesday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind 8 to 10 mph."
• Tuesday night: "A slight chance of snow after 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 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

• High tide: 4:46 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:21 a.m.
• Low tide: 11:27 a.m.
• High tide: 5:27 p.m.
• Sunset: 5:49 p.m.
• Low tide: 11:46 p.m.

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