A new supper club. Northshire closure update. Opening Day bets.
PLUS: Road closures and Troisi enters the race.
ANNOUNCEMENT: We go behind the paywall Monday July 21.
Thank you to all our readers who have made the launch of the Dispatch a wonderful success. We soft-launched June 16, and already can boast thousands of pageviews a day. Thank you!
(If only pageviews were enough…)
We are a self-owned, subscriber-based news outlet. We have pledged daily news from the Spa City 5-7 days a week, but we need this to be a community project — right now, a paid subscription is less than $1/week, significantly less than a cup of coffee at Uncommon or Walt Cafe!
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—Steve Thurston and Abby Tegnelia, co-owners, Saratoga Dispatch
Today’s top stories from the Dispatch…
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More stories from the Dispatch, in case you missed them…
No phones, no exceptions
By Abby Tegnelia, Dispatch lifestyles
July 9, 2025: “[Kids] didn't ask to be in this digitally saturated world. Sometimes we get so frustrated with them when they're showing symptoms of being addicted to their screen. But we have no idea what it's like to be growing up in this time. So we have to…”Read more here.
County's tourism numbers are stable
By Steve Thurston, Dispatch news
July 9, 2025: Median home prices in Saratoga County are up; revenue per available hotel and motel rooms are up, and the labor force remains…Read more here.
A sure-thing bet at the track? Giveaway days.
By Steve Thurston, Dispatch track
July 9, 2025: With so many extra racing days already under our belt for 2025, it may be easy to forget that official start of the traditional meet is at last finally here.…Find out more here.