Darien Morning Briefing, July 15

Today is Friday, July 15, the 196th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS

• Darien Sidewalk Sale: The 2011 continue today and Saturday. Live music and a pirate combo bounce join today's lineup — .
• Darien Summer Nights: Swing by Grove Street Plaza tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. for a free performance by Doug Allen, a Connecticut-based independent singer/songwriter. The concert is part of .
• Comedy Improv Show with TUG: Back when the Comedy Improvisational Troupe — called "TUG" — premiered its show in May, audience members laughed so hard they cried. Check out  tonight or tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.
• The Concert: Drop by the tonight at 7:30 p.m. for a free screening of The Concert. The 2009 film stars Radu Mihaileanu and Matthew Robbins.

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

• None scheduled

FORECAST

• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82. North wind between 5 and 8 mph. 
• Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. 

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 6:15 a.m. (-0.2')
• Sunrise: 5:34 a.m.
• High tide: 12:12 p.m. (7.5')
• Low tide: 6:26 p.m. (0.3')
• Sunset: 8:25 p.m.

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1099: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem during the First Crusade.
• 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
• 1916: In Seattle, Wash., William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• 1979: President Jimmy Carter delivers his so-called "malaise" speech, in which he speaks of "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation."

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.