Ridgefield Morning Briefing: Monday, May 7

Good morning, Ridgefield! Today is Monday, May 7, 2012.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

TODAY AT THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE

• The Hunger Games: 4 p.m. -- Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. Rated PG.

PUBLIC/GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Annual Town Meeting: 7:30 p.m., Ridgefield Playhouse
• Economic Development Committee: 7 p.m., Town Hall

FORECAST as of 4 p.m. Sunday:

• Monday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 8 mph.
• Monday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY (from wikipedia.org)

• 1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
• 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.

• 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1994 – Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after having been stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
• 2000 – Vladimir Putin is inaugurated president of Russia

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Ridgefield Patch’s “Commute” page.

• Danbury WB E/O Exit 6 - Rockwell Rd.
• Danbury WB Exit 6 - Rt. 37 (North St.)
• Danbury EB Exit 5 - Starr Ave.
• Danbury EB Exit 4 - Lake Ave.
• Danbury I-84 EB Exit 2 - Milestone Rd.
• Norwalk SB Exit 15 - Stuart Ave.
• Norwalk Rt 7 S/O Exit 1 - Connecticut Ave.
• Norwalk NB Exit 15 - Rt. 7
• Norwalk SB Exit 16 - East Ave.
• Norwalk NB S/O Exit 16 - S/O Saugatuck Ave.
• Stamford SB Exit 8 - Elm St.
• Stamford NB S/O Exit 9 - Lockwood Ave.
• Darien SB N/O Exit 9 - Darien Service Plaza
• Darien NB Exit 12 - Tokeneke Rd.
• Darien NB S/O Exit 13 - Darien Service Plaza
• Darien SB Exit 13 - Rt. 1 (Boston Post Rd.)

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 12:29 a.m.
• Sunrise: 5:43 a.m.
• Low tide: 7:06 a.m.
• High tide: 1:05 p.m.
• Low tide: 7:18 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:57 p.m.
• Moon visibility: 99 percent

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