Heavy volume of visitors

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- As I have been concerned for nearly two weeks now, we are experiencing far greater numbers of visitors, which has resulted in intermittent crashes -- the biggest coming during the overnight hours, which has forced us to make some significant reapairs to our database.

I am hoping and praying that the situation will improve. Let me be clear about this: The interest in our 24/7 Internet newspaper is very much appreciated. We want the traffic. With our limited budget, we can only take babysteps.

We have a major upgrade coming in the new year that will be able to handle the ever-increasing volume along with lots of new features and improvements, especially in the way of advertising and marketing.

With very little sleep, I have a lot of catching up to do over the next couple of days. I can only do so much and hope for the best. The growing public interest is truly heartening and inspiring. So thank you and God bless.