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Darien Morning Briefing: Nov. 22, 2011

Local information, events and reminders to start your day.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2011, two days before Thanksgiving and 33 days before Christmas.

On this day in 1963, 48 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.

HEADLINES

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Holiday-related

EVENTS & REMINDERS

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  • Would you like to be a member of the Darien Representative Town Meeting? If you live in District II, you're in luck— for five more members. Call RTM Member Cecelia Mundt at at (203) 656-4414 for more information.
  • Cookies Cocktails and a Cause, the YWCA of Darien/Norwalk fundraiser on Nov. 30, has $20 tickets on sale through Nov. 29.
  • WEDNESDAY: Darien public schools will be released early.

TEENS

Darien High School:

  • The schedule of periods for Tuesday, a "B" day, will be 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5
  • Senior portraits are being taken Monday and Tuesday for those who already haven't got them in.
  • Bring a Turkey to School: Drop a gobbler off and help fill the shelves of the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. The D.H.S. Band will be at school curbside—no, not to play for you but to take the turkeys.
  • Turkey Bowl tickets are being sold today at the front desk from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., then from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the D.H.S. Café. The cost is $5 for the 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day event at New Canaan High School's Dunning Stadium.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

  • Policy Committee of the Board of Education, 7:45 a.m., Board of Education Meeting Room, Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Rd. (PDF of agenda)
  • Board of Education, 7:30 p.m.
  • Rules Committee of the Representative Town Meeting, 8 p.m., Room 119
  • TV 79 Advisory Board, 7:30 p.m., Room 119

FORECAST (as of 9:34 p.m., Monday)

  • Tuesday: "A chance of rain or drizzle, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. East wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."
  • Tuesday Night: "A chance of rain, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 9pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 48. Breezy, with a east wind between 14 and 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible."

Forecast for the holiday:

  • Wednesday: "Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then rain likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 58. Breezy, with a east wind 18 to 21 mph becoming east 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible."
  • Thanksgiving eve: "A chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a north wind between 16 and 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent."
  • Thanksgiving Day: "Sunny and breezy, with a high near 51."
  • Thanksgiving overnight to Friday: "Clear, with a low around 39."
  • Black Friday: "Sunny, with a high near 55."

INTERSTATE 95 TRAFFIC CAMS

TIDES & TIMES

  • Low tide: 2:00 a.m. (-0.1')
  • High tide: 8:06 a.m. (8.4')
  • Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.
  • Low tide: 10:42 a.m. (-0.6)
  • High tide: 4:40 p.m. (7.5')
  • Sunset: 4:30 p.m.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point).

Correction: Names have been changed in the caption beginning "The Darien Girl Scout Troop 50647 [...]"


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