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!

(We will add the month to the people who have already paid for an annual subscription, too!)

We also have corporate and small group subscription rates. Contact [email protected] for more information on how you can play a crucial role in ensuring access to a free and local press for all.

We have heard that a small number of people are having trouble with credit card processing. Please read this Note from Steve about the possible fixes. Thank you for reading and for trying to take a paid subscription. Update: a couple people reported that the ideas in the note work! Woot! Thank you for pursuing this and getting it done!!

—Steve Thurston and Abby Tegnelia, co-owners, Saratoga Dispatch

Click the pictures to read the full story from the writers and editors of the Dispatch, Daily news from the Spa City.

The editor of Saratoga Report, Dan De Federicis, talks about all things Saratoga in his latest column. He talk about Siro’s and Treehouse, the Daily Gazette and us at the Dispatch (Thanks, Dan!), but his list of currently closed, small hotels is surprising.