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Teaching children how to save is an important step in preparing them for financial responsibility and a secure future.  In honor of Financial Literacy Month and Teach Children to Save Day, April 24, we encourage you to make teaching children the value of saving a priority in your home. Here are a few ways you can pass along your financial savvy to your children every day: Set the example of a responsible money manager by paying bills on time, being a conscientious spender and an active saver. Children tend to emulate their parents’ personal finance habits. Talk openly about money with your […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) and Merrimack County Savings Bank (The Merrimack), subsidiaries of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), are pleased to welcome Gloria Brisson to their loan servicing team.  As Assistant Vice President of Loan Servicing, Brisson will oversee operations for Loan Servicing and Imaging for The Merrimack and MVSB. Brisson brings over 30 years of banking experience to this position, most recently managing Loan Operations and Imaging at Northway Bank for nine years. Previous to that, she was branch manager at Northway for seven years. “Gloria has great depth of knowledge from her diverse experience within banking,” said […]

HOMEteam, a homeownership education and counseling services collaborative amongst NeighborWorks® Southern New Hampshire, CATCH Neighborhood Housing and Laconia Area Community Land Trust, has announced the availability of a free home buyer seminar in Laconia on Saturday, May 2. HOMEteam’s home buyer seminars are designed to help prospective home buyers learn and understand the responsibilities associated with purchasing a home and homeownership. Topics covered during the seminar include:How and where to start in the complicated home buying process. Major steps to buying a home. Are you ready to purchase a home? How to establish a budget and improve your credit. How […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) and Merrimack County Savings Bank (The Merrimack), subsidiaries of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), are pleased to welcome Kimberly Carter to their loan servicing team. Carter will serve as Vice President, Loan Servicing for both The Merrimack and MVSB. Carter brings over 25 years of servicing experience to this position, most recently as Director of Loan Servicing for New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. Her career has covered consumer, commercial and residential loans under diverse business environments. “We’re pleased to have Kimberly join us,” said Angela Strozewski, Senior Vice President, Operations Officer. “She is uniquely qualified […]

We are thrilled to announce the debut of The Personal Mobile Concierge® App for GenGold®! It is now available for free by download in the Apple App Store for iPhones and iPads and at the Google Play Store for Android phones and tablets.* The Personal Mobile Concierge® App allows you to access GenGold®‘s exclusive membership benefits quickly and conveniently, from the palm of your hand! Just tap, show, and save all over town!   Features include:Access to over 300,000 discounts at local and national restaurants and retailers Automatic searches for nearby deals based on your GPS location Ability to instantly access and redeem discounts from your mobile phone/device eGift […]

We are pleased to sign on as Presenting Sponsor for the upcoming WOW Sweepstakes Ball, which will be held at the Lake Opechee Inn & Conference Center on Saturday, May 16. This will be MVSB’s sixth consecutive year as Presenting Sponsor for this event. “The WOW Trail has been such a wonderful recreation resource for the Lakes Region community and we are very proud to support expansion of the trail through our sponsorship of this fundraiser” said Stacy Trites, Branch Services Supervisor at MVSB’s Laconia Office. “MVSB is a true community bank,” added WOW Trail Executive Director Gretchen Gandini. “Through their […]

We are pleased to announce that MillRiver Wealth Management officially joined Merrimack County Savings (The Merrimack) and Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) as a third subsidiary of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp on April 1, 2015. MillRiver combines the financial advisory divisions of The Merrimack and MVSB. The Wealth Management and Investment Services departments at Merrimack and MVSB had already joined under the leadership of Paul Provost, Senior Vice President, Investment Executive in 2013. The official formation of this new subsidiary also expands the delivery of Merrimack’s proprietary investment management and trust services to MVSB. “MillRiver formed after wealth management clients […]

Lakes Region Humane Society (LRHS) of Ossipee was selected as one of twenty-one local non-profit agencies to receive a grant from the Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (MVSB Fund) this year.  In addition to the $5,000 grant the organization received from the MVSB Fund, Bank employees also selected the Lakes Region Humane Society as one of ten local non-profits to receive a $3,350 donation resulting from the Bank’s match of employee donations to the Granite United Way.  LRHS plans to use the $8,350 in support to convert attic space that is currently used for […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) and Merrimack County Savings Bank (the Merrimack), subsidiaries of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), are pleased to welcome Mark Chalifour to their mortgage lending team.  Chalifour will serve as Vice President of Residential and Mortgage Sales for both MVSB and the Merrimack. Chalifour brings with him over 30 years in mortgage industry experience and most recently served as a Vice President at Merrimack Title Company, Inc.  Throughout the majority of his career, he has also been involved with the Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association of NH for which he has previously served as president and […]

MVSB is proud to support Kidworks Learning Center by sponsoring their upcoming Comedy Night fundraiser.  The 5th annual Kidworks Comedy Night will take place on Friday, April 3rd at Church Landing in Meredith. “We’re very grateful for MVSB’s continued support of our comedy night fundraiser event,” said Jennifer Weeks, Executive Director of Kidworks Learning Center. “The support we receive from local community-oriented businesses like the Bank enables us to provide high-quality care and education for local children at an affordable cost to working families.” The April 3rd fundraiser starts with a reception and cash bar at 7 p.m. followed by […]