Saratoga Dispatch

09/14/2026

🀄 New to mahjong and a little nervous to play? Or just don't have a group to play with? THIS Sunday is your big chance! Beginner-level mahjong at Whitman Brewing. The pros will be on hand to help with hand-building, rules review, strategy and more. Join the fun!

09/04/2026

📸 Too many stunning pics of the one-and-only Janine/Ninalee — taken by the great Lizz Spano ︱New York City & Saratoga Springs Photographer — to not share some outtakes! Her story is in the current Dispatch. Take a read 👀 — and then we’ll see you at Panza's Restaurant?

09/03/2026

🀄️ Rack ‘n’ roll, baby! 🀄️ Our first Dispatch mahjong classes are in the books — everybody (including us!) learned a LOT. Announcing the next round of mahjong activities next week. 🍎 Thank you to our wonderful teacher Joanne Dwornik and the 🍻 host venue Whitman Brewing Company

08/28/2026

Handicapping the Travers is serious business — thankfully, someone 🙋‍♀️ has to cover the fun stuff too ;-) 🐎 I sat down with Dave from the Tracksider, and handicappers Vegas Al and Fred the Horse. So fun.

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

🐰 How many Dolly Parton (RIP 💔) Easter eggs can you find in our pre-Travers report?

PLUS: Next year's 'go-to fundraiser of the summer'?

08/19/2026

🀄 Wow — you guys are excited about mahjong! (I am too.) Only two tickets left for the Sunday 1 p.m. class — so I just unlocked an additional class at 4 p.m. Date: August 30. And there are still some tickets left for Wednesday, Sept. 2. See you there!

💌 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mahjong-beginners-classes-tickets-1998069334165

08/17/2026

🀄 Mahjong has arrived! The Dispatch's first beginner's classes are LIVE. 👇 Drop a comment if you'd like me to add an intermediate level class.

2-hour beginner mahjong class with Saratoga's top instructors — plus optional Wind Down social with everybody after class

08/12/2026

Why am I so obsessed with newsletters anyway? I sat down with Noel and Zac of Off Track Saratoga — here's how it went. PLUS: This celeb-fave pizzeria closes after 40 years and so much more.
👉 https://www.saratogadispatch.com/p/abby-veers-off-track-beloved-pizzeria-closes

08/06/2026

Does Saratoga's high season have to break the bank? Ehhh, maybe. But here are 5 awesome deals to help even it all out. Oh, and the Preakness punched back after NYRA and Churchill Downs broke the internet on Monday.

PLUS: The Preakness punches back. Saratoga County reports record numbers.