Five Things to Know Today: Friday, September 9

1) Need a place to eat early? Check out some unique early bird specials in this week's 

2) Do you have something wonderful that you want to share with everyone? Check out our announcements section to get the word out. Creating an announcement is easy to do and, once it’s up, everyone checking out Pinellas Beaches Patch can see it!

3) Looking for a house on the beach? Check out our for some of the homes up for sale.

4) Not sure what to do this weekend? Check out our Weekend on the Beach later today for five events happening this weekend.

5) Here's your Friday Forecast. It'll be partly cloudy in the morning and then mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will go throughout the day with highs in the mid 80s and a 60 percent chance of rain.