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Orchid Show + Rent Increasing + Sage Reopening + Laundrie Rumors

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Selby Gardens collaborates with the Ringling Museum of Art for this year's "Orchid Show 2021: Aerialists from the Tree Top to the Big Top." The show opens Saturday.​
Selby Gardens collaborates with the Ringling Museum of Art for this year's "Orchid Show 2021: Aerialists from the Tree Top to the Big Top." The show opens Saturday.​ (Courtesy of Selby Gardens)

Morning, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Humid with a thunderstorm. High: 86 Low: 69.

Here are the top stories in Sarasota today:

  1. When downtown Sarasota's Sage restaurant reopens after its annual month-long hiatus this week, its popular rooftop bar will also reopen for the first time in more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Sarasota)
  2. Selby Gardens collaborates with the Ringling Museum of Art for this year's "Orchid Show 2021: Aerialists from the Tree Top to the Big Top." The show opens Saturday. (Sarasota Patch)
  3. In the Tampa metro area, Sarasota and Tampa saw their annual rents grow the fastest. Rents in Sarasota increased 20.7 percent over one year ago. (WFLA)
  4. Sarasota Police Department and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office debunked rumors that Brian Laundrie was seen in Sarasota Friday and was taken into custody. (Sarasota Patch)
  5. With the number of COVID-19 cases decreasing, many Sarasota-area hospitals are resuming elective procedures. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

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— Tiffany Razzano

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