By the time you read this, it will allegedly be 70°, we will have sprung ahead into daylight saving time, and here at Webb Weekly, we will be deep into Spring Home Improvement preparation.

All of this can only mean one thing. The one thing I’ve been talking about and looking forward to for weeks — spring is starting to spring!

There is no better harbinger of spring than the West Branch Builders Home Show. Much like how Little League is the sign of the end of summer, the Home Show lets us know that spring is all but here!

It looks like the Builders Association has another amazing Show for us on the horizon! There are tons of vendors ready to help with all the home projects and improvements on your spring to-do list!

I also love the move to Liberty Arena the last couple of years. It really is a great way to spend a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. A little home improvement research, a little bowling, maybe a little trampoline park, a quick game of laser tag, or time in the arcade, and you can even grab lunch! All in one stop!

Lou has all the details on page 6!

Also, a round of applause for Laura Kriger, Jason Shifflet, and the rest of the Builders Association for putting together this show. I can only imagine all the work, hours, blood, sweat, and maybe some tears that go into pulling this off! I hope y’all get some vacation time after this!

Speaking of Home Improvement, don’t forget that our Spring Home Improvement section is coming out on March 18th! This is a community favorite and one of the most-read and highly anticipated issues of the year, so I always encourage all of our wonderful advertisers — home improvement-related or not — not to miss this edition! Be sure to reach out to your sales rep to get scheduled! We will hit mailboxes just in time for the first day of spring!

While we are talking about what’s coming up in the paper, we also have our Spring Car Care special section scheduled for March 25th! Be on the lookout for great deals on everything automotive!

The 25th will also kick off our annual Easter Counting Contest! That will run on the 25th, and April 1st, and the winners will be announced in our Easter issue on April 8th. Be sure to get the littles in on this contest! The Easter basket prizes are enough to make the Easter Bunny himself jealous!

If you are more of the fishing, hunting, hiking, outdoors-y type, 1. I can’t relate, and B. be sure to watch out for the April 1st edition. That will contain our Spring Fishing, Hunting, and Outdoors special section.

So now that you know everything that’s going on here at Webb Weekly at the start of spring, how are y’all celebrating a new season?

New goals? New hobbies? Maybe taking a second crack at those New Year’s resolutions now that the air doesn’t hurt your face when you go outside?

Whatever you have on your spring agenda, be safe and take care of each other. The world is still wonky and doesn’t seem like it’s going to be less wonky anytime soon. We only have each other — our friends, family, and communities to lean on. Be sure to keep your village close. Check in on and help each other out.