Last Wednesday, the Honest Weight Food Cooperative, Inc announced M&T Bank will be the primary source of funding for its $5.4 million new store construction.

The new store is planned to be a 30,000 plus square-foot building featuring a community space, a teaching kitchen, a larger café, ample parking, and 18,000 square feet of retail space.

The new store will be located at 100 Watervliet Avenue in Albany’s West End neighborhood.

Construction will begin mid-June.

ALBANY - It just doesn't look like the end of March in Washington Park.  On Friday there were bikinis, bikes and bulbs -- blooming bulbs.

"This is unbelievable," said Carol Nersinger, who was walking though the park on her lunch break.

She wasn't the only one shocked by the color.

"That's really strange to see this time of year, the tulips blooming," added Richard Keefe.

In the scores of beds around the city we aren't just seeing green.  We're seeing color -- tulips, full tulips, three weeks early.

"Eighty degree weather is going to force that to happen," explained Jessica Morgan, the city gardener.

The NYS Museum in Albany will be closed to the public on Saturday, March 3rd due to an annually scheduled power shutdown in the Cultural Education Building.

The Museum, Library and Archives will reopen on Monday, March 5th.