Fairfield Morning Briefing: Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Today is Wednesday, March 20, 2013. On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent federal troops to Alabama to supervise the planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

Famous birthdays include Fred "Mr." Rogers – 1928; Bobby Orr – 1948; William Hurt – 1950; Spike Lee – 1957.

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HEADLINES

• Tetreau: 'Substantial Changes' to Come to Proposed Budget
• RTM OKs $1 Million in Bonded Projects
• Letter: 'Wake Up – Speak Up – We Must Be Heard!'
• Newtown News Center
• Police Blotter
• Local Voices

COMMUNITY SPORTS GALLERY

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EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Book Launch with Author Jane Green: 7 p.m., Fairfield University Bookstore, free. "The perennial bestselling author Jane Green returns with 'Family Pictures,' a riveting and heartfelt new novel."

FAIRFIELD CINEMAS AT BULLARD SQUARE SHOWTIMES

• Les Miserables (PG-13) – 4 p.m., 7:20 p.m. – (2 hrs., 37 min.) ­– IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) – 4:10 p.m., 7:05 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer
• Oz the Great and Powerful in 3D (PG) – 3:40 p.m., 6:35 p.m. (2 hrs., 10 min.) – IMDb – Rotten Tomatoes – Trailer ­
• Quartet ­ (PG-13) ­– 4 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 Gatekeepers (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)
• Parks and Recreation Commission: 7 p.m., Eunice Postal Parks & Recreation Departments (75 Mill Plain Road) (agenda)
• Fairfield Warde High School Roof Building Committee: 7:30 p.m., Sullivan Independence Hall second floor conference room (agenda)

FORECAST as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday: 

• Wednesday: "Sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph."
• Wednesday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight."

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

• Low tide: 12:05 a.m.
• High tide: 6:13 a.m.
• Sunrise: 6:56 a.m.
• Low tide: 12:46 p.m.
• High tide: 6:52 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:05 p.m.

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