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ROCKVILLE BANK HOLDS RIBBON-CUTTING CELEBRATION
AT ITS NEW EAST WINDSOR LOCATION

Rockville, Conn., October 24, 2007 - A Ribbon-Cutting Celebration for Rockville Bank's new East Windsor, Conn. branch took place Tuesday, October 23 at 10 a.m. The free event was held inside the Bank's newly constructed office at 39 Prospect Hill Road.

The East Windsor office is the 20th branch for Rockville Bank. The East Windsor Branch Manager is Betsy Hope, who has been with the bank for nine years.

The new full-service branch includes four teller counter stations, two drive-up teller windows and a drive-up and walk-up automatic teller machine (ATMs), and customer convenience items such as a coin counting machine, document shredder, and one flat-panel LCD screen which will provide customers with news, weather, sports and business information. A computer station in the lobby enables customers to visit www.rockvillebank.com and access their accounts. The branch also features a refreshment center, offering complimentary beverages and cookies.

"This is our first full-service office in East Windsor, although we have enjoyed an active presence in town for six years, inside the Big Y World Class Supermarket in Prospect Plaza," explains William J. McGurk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockville Bank. "We already have wonderful relationships within the community and look forward to meeting more people who live and work in town and nearby."

The special 10 a.m. Community Grand Opening featured the ceremonial cutting of a ribbon of genuine $1 bills, and the presentation of $5,000 in contributions to the East Windsor community. Rockville Bank presented checks for $1,000 each to the East Windsor Police, and the East Windsor Senior Center. The Bank also presented $500 each to the Warehouse Point Fire Department, the Broad Brook Fire Department, East Windsor's Five Corner Cupboard Food Pantry, the Warehouse Point Library, the Broad Brook Library, and the East Windsor Educational Foundation. In addition, Rockville Bank has purchased three Adopt-a-Bricks on the East Windsor Veterans Cemetery Walkway.

The event also featured thank you gifts, door prizes, and refreshments and will be followed by future celebrations that will include additional gifts and prizes.

With the opening of its newest East Windsor office, Rockville Bank is a 20-branch community bank serving Tolland and Hartford counties in Connecticut. It provides a convenient banking lifestyle for Coventry, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Glastonbury, Manchester, Rockville, Somers, South Glastonbury, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, seven days a week in Tolland, and four Big Y supermarket locations. A new full-service office is under construction in Colchester. For more information about Rockville Bank's services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com.

At the Tuesday ribbon-cutting ceremony of real dollar bills at Rockville Bank's new East Windsor full-service branch at 39 Prospect Hill Road (Route 5), a total of $5,000 in funds were presented to East Windsor organizations.
 

PICTURED (left to right): Front row: Rockville President & CEO William J. McGurk; Laura Clynch, East Windsor Senior Center; Dee Stathers, Five Corner Cupboard Food Pantry; Anthony Dimastrantonio, Warehouse Point Fire Department; and Chief Cal Meyers, Broad Brook Fire Department. Back row: Jim Richards, President of the East Windsor Educational Foundation; Vincent Bologna, Warehouse Point Library; Michael Bars, Vice Chairman of the Board of Rockville Bank; Raymond Lefurge, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Rockville Bank; and Chief Edward DeMarco, East Windsor Police Department. (not pictured): Jack Rajala, Broad Brook Library.

In addition, Rockville Bank has purchased three Adopt-a-Bricks on the East Windsor Veterans Cemetery Walkway.

In a twist on a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony, local business and community leaders cut a ribbon of $1 bills to open Rockville Bank's new full-service branch office at 39 Prospect Hill Road (Route 5) in East Windsor, Conn. The celebration featured Rockville Bank's presentation of a total of $5,000 to the East Windsor community. Rockville Bank presented checks for $1,000 each to the East Windsor Police, and the East Windsor Senior Center. The Bank also presented $500 each to the Warehouse Point Fire Department, the Broad Brook Fire Department, East Windsor's Five Corner Cupboard Food Pantry, the Warehouse Point Library, the Broad Brook Library, and the East Windsor Educational Foundation. In addition, Rockville Bank has purchased three Adopt-a-Bricks on the East Windsor Veterans Cemetery Walkway.

Rockville Bank's 20th branch includes four teller counter stations, two drive-up teller windows, a drive-up and walk-up automatic teller machine (ATMs), and customer convenience items such as a coin counting machine, document shredder, one flat-panel LCD screen which will provide customers with news, weather, sports and business information, and a refreshment center. In addition, a computer station in the lobby enables customers to visit www.rockvillebank.com and access their accounts.