We here at the Rhino Times like to take a vacation just like the rest of the world from time to time.

The Rhino publishes 50 weeks out of the year, with no publication one week in December and one down week in July each year.

Next week, the Rhino Times will be off.

Since The Rhino site came under new ownership in mid-2024, managing the transition while keeping the paper up and running has been something akin to changing an airplane engine midflight, but the transition has gone very smoothly and readership has been growing steadily.

 I want to take this moment to thank Roy Carroll, Desmyne Gaines, John and Elaine Hammer and the many others who have aided tremendously in the transition.

During the next week, the Rhino Times is also moving the current Rhino content and all of its archives – which go back years and years – to a new high-speed internet host with greater bandwidth.  So, the internet people will be doing some tinkering behind the scenes while we are away. Hopefully, that will go smoothly and one week should be enough time to work out any kinks – and when we return you may notice some speed improvements, better search results from the archives and other enhancements.

This year, some readers have suggested possible changes like bringing back some features from the published version of the paper, having a way to vote reader comments on stories up and down Reddit-style, and adding other features.

Once the paper is up and running on the new servers, we’ll see what new or old features readers would like to see rolled out in 2025.

If you are a government official who works for the cities of Greensboro or High Point, or for Guilford County or one of the small towns in the county, and you want to do something corrupt, now is the time to do it since we will be Christmas shopping rather than trying to catch you with your hand in the taxpayer cookie jar.

At the old Rhino Times, we used to have a section called “The Beep” where anyone could call in and say anything they wanted to (within reason) and we would simply transcribe it and put it in the paper.

 The recording that people got when they called in concluded with, “Catch you on the flip side.”

So, everyone, enjoy next week, and I will close with, “Catch you on the flip side.”

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