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Vote for a Local School District During Meredith Village Savings Bank’s “What’s not to ‘Like’?” Health and Wellness Grant Contest and You Could Win a Fitbit® Blaze Smart Fitness Watch Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) is excited to launch a wellness themed Facebook contest. Community members have the opportunity to vote for local schools to win a $3000 health and wellness grant and enter to win one of five Fitbit® Blaze Smart Fitness Watches for themselves. Over the summer, the Bank reached out to local school administrators and asked how their school district could benefit from an additional $3000 in […]

The three subsidiaries of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp are together supporting the 2016 New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival to be held in Laconia on Saturday, October 22nd. Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB), Merrimack County Savings Bank (the Merrimack) and MillRiver Wealth Management will be this year’s pumpkin tower sponsors. Sponsor Executives, Philip Emma, President of Merrimack County Savings Bank, Paul Provost, President of MillRiver Wealth Management, Rick Wyman, President of Meredith Village Savings Bank and Sam Laverack, President and CEO of NH Mutual Bancorp recently met with Karmen Gifford, President of the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, to discuss plans for […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) will be opening its 12th office location at 448 Governor John Wentworth Highway, next to the Melvin Village Post Office this fall. MVSB has assumed the lease of the location, and plans to enhance the overall interior design and technology to better serve the local community. Despite the very small size, the branch will offer a wide range of modern banking services to meet the needs of households, non-profits, municipal organizations and businesses in the area. The Bank is currently reaching out to the community to develop hours of operations that best meet local needs. […]

We have received several reports of local residents who are receiving fraudulent text messages from telephone numbers beginning with 844. The fraudulent message appears to be a “DebitCard Alert” and asks that the recipient call the 844 telephone number the text message came from.  Individuals that do so are then asked to provide sensitive personal and financial information. Meredith Village Savings Bank does employ a fraud monitoring system that alerts customers by text message when an unusual debit card transaction is detected. These text messages will always come from the text message short code 32874, and contain the last four digits […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) will be the Platinum level ($5000) sponsor for the first annual Belknap House Masquerade Ball. The Ball will be held Friday night, October 21st at the St. Andre Bessette Parish Hall on 291 Union Avenue in Laconia. The Masquerade Ball is a key fundraising event for Belknap House, a newly formed non-profit family homeless shelter. Belknap House’s mission is to provide families in Belknap County a safe shelter especially in cold weather months, when children are at risk during homelessness, and to empower families to become self sufficient and independent by making resources and educational […]

Meredith Village Savings Bank is accepting grant applications for the MVSB Fund at New Hampshire Charitable Foundation through October 15, 2016. Established in 1997, the MVSB Fund awards grant-based contributions to non-profit organizations that enrich and improve the quality of life for residents living in the Bank’s service areas. Since its inception, 294 grants totaling more than $1,184,467 have been awarded to a wide range of environmental, social, educational and historic projects throughout the Lakes Region and Plymouth areas. Over the years, the Fund has supported literacy programs, after-school programs, environmental monitoring as well as education and restoration of historic […]

Michael Boisvert has been promoted to Vice President, Internal Audit for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), overseeing the internal audit function for the entire organization, which includes internal controls and auditing for compliance for Merrimack County Savings Bank, Meredith Village Savings Bank and MillRiver Wealth Management. “Mike has been an exceptional and reliable colleague for nearly 12 years,” said Sam Laverack, President and CEO for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp. “His expertise and considerable background in almost all areas of banking has been invaluable to this organization. It’s exciting to be able to promote him.” Boisvert has an extensive career in […]

Daniel (Dan) Dolan has joined Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) as Vice President, Commercial Lending. He is based out of MVSB’s Mortgage, Business and Personal Loan office in Hampton Falls located at 95 Lafayette Road. “Dan’s expertise and exceptional ability to build relationships is an incredible asset for the commercial lending department and bank as a whole,” commented Bob Sargeant, Executive Vice President, Senior Commercial Lender for Meredith Village Savings Bank. “His 30-plus years of experience and great local knowledge of the Seacoast area is a wonderful asset. It is my pleasure to welcome him aboard.” “I was really drawn […]

We are pleased to announce this year’s James D. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship recipients. Each year, one graduating high school student from seven communities in which MVSB has an office is selected to receive a grant from the Sutherland Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipients include: Allison Carey of Plymouth, Daughter of James and Kelley Carey, attending Husson University, in Maine; Eleanor Eaton of Moultonborough, Daughter of Brian and Lydia Eaton, attending Clark University in Massachusetts; Olivia Gubitose of Alton, Daughter of George and Maureen Gubitose, attending  Syracuse University in New York; Morgan McCann of Wolfeboro, Daughter of Chris and Deb McCann, attending  […]

We are pleased to announce that John Nesteruk and Kaitlyn Sasseville each received MVSB’s Culinary Arts Center Scholarship for 2016. Nesteruk and Sasseville are recent graduates of the Huot Regional Technical Center/MVSB Culinary Arts Program as well as graduates of Franklin High School and Gilford High School respectively. Nesteruk and Sasseville both plan to study culinary arts in the fall. Nesteruk will be attending Lakes Region Community College and Sasseville will be attending Southern New Hampshire University. MVSB was instrumental in the support of the Huot Regional Technical Education Center and its Culinary Arts program, Laconia High School’s capital campaign in 2012. […]