Darien Morning Briefing, July 11

Today is Monday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS

• Blood Pressure Screening: The hosts a free blood pressure screening today at 10 a.m.
• Teen Chess Titans: Learn how to play chess from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the 's Power Library Study Room. Join in a game or two with friends, too.
• Pajama Storytime: From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the library also hosts "Sleepytime Stories," a family pajama story time.

TIDBITS

• 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.

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Darien Beautification Commission: 9:00 a.m., room B-3
• RTM TGS&A Committee: 7:30 p.m., employee lounge
• Board of Selectmen: 7:45 p.m., room 206 [agenda]
• RTM Public Works Committee: 8:00 p.m., room 213

FORECAST

• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 8 mph. 
• Monday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind between 5 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 2:42 a.m. (0.1')   
• Sunrise: 5:31 a.m.
• High tide: 8:37 a.m. (6.8')
• Low tide: 2:51 p.m. (0.5')
• Sunset: 8:27 p.m.
• High tide: 8:59 p.m. (8.2')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
• 1914: Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major league baseball.
• 1936: The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
• 1960: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is first published.

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.