ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU will open its first grocery store branch inside the Newington Price Chopper supermarket on Monday, its sixth Connecticut branch.

CHANTILLY, Va. – Justice FCU has signed a multi-year agreement with CRI Solutions for Debt Protection, GAP and Auto Warranty.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County CU has installed CheckFree’s account-to-account transfers and same-day bill payments functions.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Belvoir FCU said it is opening a new branch inside the Base Realignment and Closure Act headquarters, its second branch opened to accommodate new Department of Defense personnel moved here under the base closings restructuring.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – As part of the construction of its LaPorte branch, First Trust CU is giving away two houses located at the site – they just need to be moved by whomever wants them.

MOON, Penn. – A former head teller at West-Aircomm FCU on Tuesday pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 by taking cash from three ATMs.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – ORNL FCU announced it let go 19 employees Monday as a cost-cutting move.

COVENTRY, R.I. – Coventry CU on Tuesday announced Richard Gingell, its president since 2007, has retired and is being succeeded by David Root, an independent auditor for the $260-million credit union.

BOSTON – A one-time government informant convicted of identity theft at TJX Cos., Heartland Payment Systems and as many as a dozen companies is asking a federal judge if he can withdraw his guilty plea because he claims he was on a government assignment when he committed some of the biggest online identity thefts ever.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Officials with State Employees CU were on hand this morning for the dedication of the Family House hospice, a $5.4 million project that was built with a $2 million grant from the SECU Foundation, the nation's largest credit union charity.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Credit Union will offer free shredding services this Saturday, Oct. 22, at six of its branch locations in Southern California.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Numerica CU has contributed $10,000 to a local project to build the area’s first “inclusive” playground for children with disabilities.

MOSS POINT, Miss. – Singing River FCU has joined the “Bras Across the River” breast cancer fundraiser which will stretch donated bras across the length of the Mississippi 613 bridge on Oct. 28.

BALTIMORE – First Financial FCU has opened a student-run branch at Calvert Hall, where students are able to make deposits, open new accounts, make limited cash withdrawals and receive general information about all of the credit union’s services.

PLEASANTON, Calif. – Patelco CU has signed with SaveDaily to market the company’s proprietary financial services platform to other credit unions and financial service providers.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Meriwest CU has introduced a new mobile banking application for the Android Phone platform through which users can manage their spending plan with tools that allow them to graph their expenses and have a visual indication of their spending habits.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Pen Air FCU said it has joined Navy FCU and InnisFree Hotels to help finance an 11.4-acre development that will include a Hyatt Hotel that will be connected to the Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport in 2013.

SCRANTON, Penn. – Tobyhanna FCU has rolled out a “Divorce Your Bank” campaign, the latest credit union capitalizing on the anti-bank fervor.

BRAINTREE, Mass. – Liberty Bay Credit Union is offering $250 and a chance to meet New England Patriots star receiver Wes Welker to members who sign up for a new checking, savings or direct deposit account.

WORCESTER, Mass. – A not-too-smart robber was charged with holdups at two area credit unions after he left a deposit slip from one of them behind – with his name, Social Security number and signature on it.