Milford Morning Briefing: Monday, Aug. 13, 2012

Shortly after midnight on this day in 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city.

Famous birthdays include Alfred Hitchcock - 1899-1980; Fidel Castro - 1926; John Slattery - 1962; Dan Fogelberg - 1951-2007.

HEADLINES 

• Local Voices

MILFORD PICS & CLIPS

What did you do in Milford this weekend? Share your photos and/or videos in the .

EVENTS & REMINDERS

See the Events Calendar for Monday, Aug. 13

RAVE MOTION PICTURES CONNECTICUT POST 14 SHOWTIMES

• Rave Cinema Classic: Shadow of China Town (1936) – 1:00 p.m. – 
• Inkheart – 10:00 a.m. 
• The Bourne Legacy – 10:15am, 12:10pm,  1:15pm,  1:50pm,  3:45pm,  4:15pm,  4:40pm,  6:40pm,  7:15pm,  7:45pm,  10:15pm,  11:00pm (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 15 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Campaign – 09:30am,  10:40am,  11:45am,  1:30pm,  2:35pm,  4:20pm,  5:10pm,  6:50pm,  7:30pm,  9:15pm,  9:50pm(Rated R; 1 hr. 25 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Hope Springs – 09:20am,  11:50am,  2:10pm,  4:35pm,  7:00pm,  9:30pm(Rated PG-13; 1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – 09:10am,  11:30am,  2:00pm,  5:05pm,  7:50pm,  10:05pm (Rated PG; 1 hr., 34 min.)  – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Total Recall – 09:35am,  10:30am,  12:50pm,  1:40pm,  3:35pm,  4:40pm,  6:30pm,  7:35pm,  9:20pm,  10:25pm(Rated PG-13; 1 hr. 49 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Step Up Revolution – 09:45am,  9:45pm (Rated PG-13; 1 hr. 38 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Watch – 9:40pm– IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience –11:15am,  3:15pm,  7:10pm,  10:45pm (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 45 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Dark Knight Rises –09:00am,  09:40am,  12:30pm,  1:20pm,  4:10pm,  4:50pm,  7:40pm,  8:20pm (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 45 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Ice Age: Continental Drift –09:50am,  12:15pm,  2:45pm,  4:55pm,  7:25pm (Rated PG; 1 hr. 27 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic –Trailer
• The Amazing Spider-Man –9:25pm (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 16 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Ted –11:00am,  1:45pm,  4:25pm,  6:55pm(Rated R; 1 hr. 46 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Milford Board of Education: 7:00 p.m., Board of Ed Meeting Room, (70 W. River Street)
• Milford Police Commission: 7:00 p.m.,  (430 Boston Post Road)
• Veterans, Ceremony & Parade Commission: 7:00 p.m., Fowler Memorial Building (45 New Haven Ave.)
• Milford Tree Commission: 7:00 p.m., Conference Room A,  (70 W. River Street)

FORECAST as of 3:30 a.m. on Monday:

• Monday: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon."
• Monday night: "Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight."

INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CAMS

See also Milford Patch’s "Commute” page. 

• Milford: northbound, Exit 34 – Rt. 1 (Bridgeport Ave.)
• Milford: northbound, Exit 36 - Plains Rd.
• Milford: southbound, Exit 38 - West River St.
• Milford: northbound, Exit 40 - Woodmont Rd.
• Milford: Rt 15 northbound, Exit 54 - Milford Parkway
• Milford: Rt 15 northbound, Exit 55A - Wheelers Farm Rd.
• Milford: Parkway southbound - E. Rutland Rd.

TIDES & TIMES

• Sunrise: 5:56 a.m.
• High tide: 8:42 a.m.
• Low tide: 2:41 p.m.
• High tide: 8:58 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:49 p.m.

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