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Greenfield Cooperative Bank in Greenfield, Mass., and Northampton Cooperative Bank in Northampton, Mass., have received regulatory approval to merge.
February 19 -
Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Mass., has agreed to buy Hampden Bancorp in Springfield, Mass.
November 4 -
North Shore Bank in Peabody, Mass., has agreed to merge with Saugusbank in Saugus, Mass.
February 13
North Shore Bank in Peabody, Mass., has agreed to merge with Merrimac Savings Bank in Massachusetts.
The $670 million-asset North Shore and the $73 million-asset Merrimac are both mutual thrifts. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is
The combined company will operate under the North Shore name and will operate 11 branches in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire.
North Shore last year
FinPro Capital Advisors was financial adviser to North Shore and Nutter, McClennen & Fish was the bank's legal adviser. Bowditch & Dewey was legal adviser to Merrimac.
