Darien Morning Briefing, Aug. 8

Today is Monday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2011. Keep an umbrella handy — there's a chance of late afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Broadway Cabaret: At 12:45 p.m., the hosts "A Broadway Cabaret Experience," featuring Singer Karen Wagner with Tenor Robert Iovanna.
• Story Time: Bring your family to the  tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for "Sleepytime Stories," a pajama story time.
• Get Puzzled: Help the library solve the world's largest jigsaw puzzle in record time for a chance to be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
• DCA Closed: The  is closed through Friday, Aug. 12.

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Board of Selectmen: 7:45 p.m., room 206 [agenda]
• RTM Public Works Standing Committee: 8:00 p.m., room 213

FORECAST

• Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Northwest wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Monday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. North wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 1:25 a.m. (0.4')
• Sunrise: 5:56 a.m.
• High tide: 7:19 a.m. (6.8')
• Low tide: 1:36 p.m. (0.6')
• High tide: 7:45 p.m. (7.9')
  
• Sunset: 8:02 p.m.

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1876: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• 1974: President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
• 1990: Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.