BANKING BUSINESS

IN AN EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR TRANSACTION HERON BANK, INCORPORATED IS ENLARGING BY PURCHASING THE MIDDLEVILLE SAVINGS BANKS. THE BANKS ARE TO BE CONVERTED TO THE NEW NAME OF HERON AND WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF BANKING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES. 

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DETERIORATION STOPPED FOR RESTORATION

MIDDLE COUNTY'S HISTORICAL SALT CREEK BRIGE, A SAFTEY WORRY FOR YEARS, IS TO RECIVE A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS MONEY WILL COVER THE ESTIMATED COST TO STABILIZE THE OLD ROUTE NINE BRIDGE UNTIL FURTHER MONEY CAN BE FOUND FOR PERMANENT RESTORATION. 

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