Milford Morning Briefing: Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012

On this day in 1986, actor, writer and director Spike Lee’s first feature-length movie, She’s Gotta Have It, opens in theaters around the United States.

Famous birthdays include Paul Dirac (1902-1984); Dustin Hoffman - 1937; Roger Federer - 1981; J.C. Chasez - 1976.

HEADLINES 

• Local Voices

MILFORD PICS & CLIPS

What did you do in Milford this week? Share your photos and/or videos in the .

EVENTS & REMINDERS

See the Events Calendar for Wednesday, Aug. 8

RAVE MOTION PICTURES CONNECTICUT POST 14 SHOWTIMES

• Hope Springs – 9:25 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10:15 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 1 hr., 40 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – 9:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m. (Rated PG; 1 hr., 34 min.)  – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Total Recall – 9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:25 p.m., 10:05 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 1 hr. 49 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Step Up Revolution – 9:55 a.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:55 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 1 hr. 38 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Step Up Revolution 3D – 12:20 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 1 hr. 38 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Watch – 10:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:45 p.m. – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience – 11:35 a.m., 3:15 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 10:25 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 45 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic –Trailer
• The Dark Knight Rises – 9:05 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 12:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:55 p.m., 11:00 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 45 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Ice Age: Continental Drift – 9:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 2:10 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:00 p.m. (Rated PG; 1 hr. 27 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic –Trailer
• The Amazing Spider-Man – 7:40 p.m., 10:40 p.m. (Rated PG-13; 2 hr. 16 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Ted – 10:50 a.m., 1:20 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:40 p.m. (Rated R; 1 hr. 46 min.) – IMDb – Metacritic – Trailer
• Brave – 9:05 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 5:15 p.m. (Rated PG; 1 hr. 40 min.) – IMDb ­– Metacritic ­–Trailer

FORECAST as of 4:21 a.m. on Wednesday:

• Wednesday: "Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning."
• Wednesday night: "Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind 3 to 6 mph."

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: 5:55 a.m.
• Low tide: 10:19 a.m.
• High tide: 4:34 p.m.
• Low tide: 11:01 p.m.
• Sunset: 8:00 p.m.

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