Five Things We Learned on Patch this Week

: For families coping with autism, vacations away from home can be challenging. The TradeWinds Resorts on St. Pete Beach now offers a way for families to enjoy the Florida beaches with confidence.

: The Treasure Island City Council voted Tuesday to give City Manager Reid Silverboard a raise. In a 4-1 vote, city commissioners increased the annual salary of the City Manager by one percent, from $104,013 to $105,053. The board also gave Silverboard a bonus of $2,101.

: As the time for redistricting nears, members of the Treasure Island City Council realize they have their work cut out for them. The City of Treasure Island, like almost every other part of Florida, gets the chance to change political boundaries because of the 2010 U.S. Census. The city is required to reflect population changes since the 2000 Census.

: Halloween is just around the corner, and my kids have already planned out expensive and ornate costumes only available online or in specialty stores. Tickets are on sale for elaborate theme park Halloween events with all the bells and whistles and price tag, too. What happened to good old hay rides, neighborhood haunted houses and parties, and homemade costumes?

 Pinellas County Sheriff deputies arrested a suspect Tuesday in connection to a car crash near the Alden Beach Resort that killed two people. Daniel Dalton Dolcater, 20, of St. Petersburg was arrested in the accident that killed Pablo Alonso Mansilla-Aguinaga, 32, from Tampa and Sandra Paulson, 33, from Schaumberg, Ill.