NOTICES

Action on Applications

[35 Pa.B. 3233]

   The Department of Banking under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending May 24, 2005.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
5-19-05	KNBT Bancorp, Inc., Bethlehem, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Northeast Pennsylvania Financial Corp., Hazleton, and thereby indirectly acquire First Federal Bank, Hazelton, and Northeast Pennsylvania Trust Company, Hazleton		Bethlehem	Effective
	KNBT Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Keystone Nazareth Bank and Trust Company, Bethlehem, and Northeast Pennsylvania Financial Corp. is the parent company of First Federal Bank, Hazleton, and Northeast Pennsylvania Trust Company, Hazleton.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-24-04	First Financial Bank Downingtown Chester County		Downingtown	Effective
	Assumption of certain deposit liabilities of a branch of Firstrust Savings Bank, Conshohocken Located at:
	125 East Swedesford Road* Exton Chester County
	*Note--No real estate was involved in this transaction; the subject branch was subsequently closed by Firstrust Savings Bank.
5-19-05	Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, Bethlehem, and First Federal Bank, Hazleton, and Northeast Pennsylvania Trust Company, Hazleton Surviving Institution-- Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, Bethlehem		Bethlehem	Effective
	All offices of the merging institutions became offices of Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company, including the former main offices of both First Federal Bank and Northeast Pennsylvania Trust Company.
Branches Acquired by Means of Merger
	31 West Broad Street Hazleton Luzerne County		611 Schuylkill Mall Frackville Schuylkill County
	12 East Broad Street Hazleton Luzerne County		5 North Main Street Shenandoah Schuylkill County
	240 Laurel Mall Route 93 Hazleton Luzerne County		333 Center Avenue Schuylkill Haven Schuylkill County
	345 Laurel Mall Route 93 Hazleton Luzerne County		111 North First Street Lehighton Carbon County
	669 State Route 93 Sugarloaf Luzerne County		140 Carbon Street Weatherly Carbon County
	24 South Hunter Highway Route 309 Drums Luzerne County		17 East Main Street Bloomsburg Columbia County
	360 South Mountain Boulevard Mountain Top Luzerne County		2691 Columbia Boulevard Bloomsburg Columbia County
	196 North Main Street Shavertown Luzerne County		Route 209 South and Weir Lake Road Brodheadsville Monroe County
	111 East Norwegian Street Pottsville Schuylkill County		183 Market Street Kingston Luzerne County
5-20-05	Northwest Savings Bank, Warren, Pennsylvania, and Jamestown Savings Bank, Jamestown, New York		Warren, PA	Effective
Branches Acquired by Means of Merger
	2513 West State Street Olean Cattaraugus County, NY		295 Main Street Buffalo Erie County, NY
	7 West Third Street Jamestown Chautauqua County, NY		2981 Delaware Avenue Buffalo Erie County, NY
	210 West Main Street Falconer Chautauqua County, NY		4545 Transit Road Buffalo Erie County, NY
	1 West Third Street Jamestown Chautauqua County, NY		3150 Sheridan Drive Buffalo Erie County, NY
	768 Foote Avenue Jamestown Chautauqua County, NY		3517 Union Road Cheektowaga Erie County, NY (Approved; Unopened)
	311 East Fairmount Avenue Lakewood Chautauqua County, NY		3670 South McKinley Parkway Hamburg Chautauqua County, NY (Approved; Unopened)
	29 South Erie Street Mayville Chautauqua County, NY

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
5-12-05	First Penn Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		1032 Arch Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Opened
5-13-05	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Moorestown Acme 350 Young Avenue Moorestown Burlington County, NJ	Opened
5-18-05	Abington Savings Bank Jenkintown Montgomery County		Messenger service to service customers in Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties	Filed

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
5-2-05	Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company Bethlehem Northampton County	To:	741 South 25th Street Palmer Township Northampton County	Effective
		From:	3091 William Penn Highway Palmer Township Northampton County

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1083. Filed for public inspection June 3, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]

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