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BankNewport Names Vice President


Mary Murphy Lima

NEWPORT, R.I. (September 6, 2007) – BankNewport President and CEO, Thomas W. Kelly has announced the appointment of Mary Murphy Lima to vice president, mortgage consultant. She is responsible for originating residential first mortgages in the areas of Barrington, Burrillville, Cumberland, Central Falls, Foster, Gloucester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Providence, Pawtucket, North Smithfield, Smithfield, Scituate and Woonsocket, as well as in the Massachusetts communities of Attleboro, North Attleboro, Rehoboth and Seekonk. Lima began her career at BankNewport in 1988 and has held various positions, most recently serving as mortgage consultant in the same geographic area.

Lima is a member of the Northern Rhode Island Board of Realtors and the Woodlawn Catholic Regional School Scholarship Committee. Mary, her husband Anibal and their two children reside in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

BankNewport, founded in 1819 and currently holding $1 billion in assets, is an FDIC-insured savings bank. Along with its other OceanPoint Financial Partners - OceanPoint Insurance Agency, Inc., Smith Mack & Associates, Meredith & Clarke, and Narragansett Underwriting Group – BankNewport is proud to serve the financial needs of customers from banking and insurance offices located throughout southeastern New England.