5 Things to Know in Gulfport: Halloween Contest, Heroes Weekend, Early Voting

You Could Win $5,000: There's still time to enter Patch's Best Halloween Costume in America Contest! The grand prize is $5,000! All you have to do is upload a photo of you or your kids by 11:59 p.m. tonight, (Nov. 1).

Heroes Weekend: Heroes Weekend is just around the corner! Tickets are available now for some of the events. Mark your calendars for Nov. 8, 10 and 11. There will be a Las Vegas style Casino Night, Inaugural Beach Volleyball benefit, Veterans Parade, Steel Horse Benefit for Paws for Patriots and The Stetson Veteran's Law Institute. Wow! There's a lot going on. Be sure to check out the attached flyer and press release about the entire weekend's events! For more information about the events call (727) 893-1118.

Early Voting: Have you voted yet? Early voting will be conducted Oct. 27 – Nov. 3 in all Supervisor of Elections offices. Pinellas County hours will be Saturday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Here are your early voting locations:

• Election Service Center, 13001 Starkey Rd., Largo (Starkey Lakes Corporate Center)
• Pinellas County Courthouse, 315 Court St., Room 117, Clearwater (first floor, north side)
• County Building, 501 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg (Annex Conference Room – entrance on 5th Street)

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Thursday Forecast: We're heating back up! Not my much, just yet. Looks like we have a 30 percent chance of scattered showers with a high near 78. Tonight, also a 30 percent chance of scattered showers with a low around 67.