Hearing scheduled for new branch bank in Maugansville

"We are looking forward to it," she said.

The bank has 10,000 customers. Tarquino said she did not know the number of bank customers in Washington County.

First National hopes to complete the branch by summer 2002 but meeting that date will depend on the winter weather, she said.

The company also acquired an adjacent building at 18223 Maugans Avenue. There are no current plans for that land but it was decided to buy it in case it was needed for future expansion, she said.

Frederick Seibert and Associates Inc., on the company's behalf, has filed an appeal with the Washington County Board of Zoning Appeals asking for a variance to reduce the buffer between the lot line and a nearby dwelling from 25 feet to 8.5 feet.

A public hearing on the variance request will be held Wednesday.