Milford Morning Briefing: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012

On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel.

Famous birthdays include Ben Affleck - 1972; Melinda Gates - 1964; Phyllis Schlafly - 1924; Joe Jonas - 1989; Jennifer Lawrence - 1990.

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 Wednesday, Aug. 15

RAVE MOTION PICTURES CONNECTICUT POST 14 SHOWTIMES

• The Odd Life of Timothy Green – 09:00am,  11:35am,  2:05pm,  4:40pm,  7:15pm,  9:45pm (Rated PG; 1 hr. 40 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Bourne Legacy – 10:15am, 10:45am, 1:15pm,  1:50pm, 4:15pm,  4:40pm, 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

• Historic Properties Study Committee III: 5:30 p.m., Conference Room C, Parsons Government Center (70 West River Drive)

FORECAST as of 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday:

• Wednesday "Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent."
• Wednesday night: "Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent."

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: 5:58 a.m.
• High tide: 10:17 a.m.
• Low tide: 4:18 p.m.
• High tide: 10:31 p.m.
• Sunset: 7:47 p.m.

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