Distributed free of charge, the paper offered local arts and music scene coverage, news and feature articles, and political columns with a mostly liberal bent.
In addition, it had published reviews of movies, restaurants, concerts, recordings, art exhibitions, dance performances, and plays.
Regular syndicated features include This Modern World, Savage Love, Partially Clips, Slowpoke, and Free Will Astrology.
The paper also published special features such as "Best of the Capital Region", Readers Poll, fashion issues, dining guides, and "Inside Saratoga".
On November 3, 2015, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance seized its 279 Washington Avenue offices for unpaid back taxes of over $20,000.