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Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings, supported by strong asset and deposit growth, achieving net income of $10,152,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $2.12. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a third quarter 2015 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President & CEO of Jersey Shore State Bank and Hubert Valencik, Chairman of the Board of Jersey Shore State Bank recently announced that Brian Knepp, CPA, JSSB Senior Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer, was appointed to the JSSB Board of Directors and as Treasurer. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth achieving net income of $6,788,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $1.42. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a second quarter 2015 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President & CEO of Jersey Shore State Bank, recently announced that Brian Knepp, CPA has been named the CEO of the M Group, Inc. D/B/A as The Comprehensive Financial Group (CFG). The Comprehensive Financial Group, a subsidiary of Jersey Shore State Bank, offers a full range of investment and insurance products in the local JSSB offices as well as the CFG office at 705 Washington Boulevard. Read More
Jersey Shore State Bank, Subsidiary of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (PWOD) was recently recognized by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) for its 2014 performance. The bank's Mortgage Services Division received a high producer ranking of PHFA loans in Pennsylvania and was recognized for Best Quality Post-Closing Submissions. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: PWOD) the holding company for Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, recently held its annual shareholders' meeting. Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President and CEO, presided over the meeting. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth achieving net income of $3,355,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $0.70. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the extension of its repurchase plan of up to 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for an additional year ending April 30, 2016 and allows for the repurchase of up to 482,000 shares of which approximately 6% has been repurchased to date. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a first quarter 2015 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth achieving net income of $14,608,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $3.03. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a fourth quarter 2014 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth during the recently completed third quarter of 2014, achieving net income of $11,725,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $2.43. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth during the recently completed second quarter of 2014, achieving net income of $6,932,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $1.44. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a second quarter 2014 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: PWOD) the holding company of Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, recently held its annual shareholders' meeting. Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President and CEO, presided over the meeting. President Grafmyre and Brian L. Knepp, CPA, Senior Vice President/CFO; discussed the company's performance during 2013, future strategic initiatives planned as well as issues that face the entire financial services industry. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth during the recently completed first quarter of 2014, achieving net income of $3,469,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $0.72. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President & CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWOD) holding company for Jersey Shore State Bank announced the promotions of two key employees. Tammy Gunsallus was promoted to the position of Chief Retail Lending Officer, and Stephanie Oakes was named the Company's Chief Deposit Officer. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWOD) holding company for Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, recently sponsored a fundraiser for the American Heart Association which featured an $800 company matching donation. Combined employee and company proceeds of $1,934 were presented to the American Heart Association. To celebrate the successful event, employees wore red shirts and blue jeans to show support for the American Heart Association and its mission to "Build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP® President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (PWOD) announced that Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. was named one of the Top 100 Performing Community Banks of 2013 with assets between $500 million and $5 billion by SNL Financial. According to SNL Financial they evaluated "commercial banks and bank holding companies with assets between $500 million and $5 billion with 60 or fewer branches. Additionally, at least one-third of the banks' balance sheets must be composed of loans, and less than half of total loans may be attributable to credit card lending. Moreover, banks had to be well-capitalized according to regulatory standards and could not have a majority of revenue derived from nontraditional banking activities." Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for a one year period and allows for the repurchase of up to 482,000 shares or 10% of the shares outstanding. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre, CFP®, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (PWOD) was recently honored at the annual Central Pennsylvania State of Israel Bonds Dinner in Williamsport, PA where he received the Star of David Award from the organization. Read More
Jersey Shore State Bank, Subsidiary of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (PWOD) was recently recognized by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) for its 2013 performance. The bank's Mortgage Services Division received a high producer ranking of PHFA loans in Pennsylvania, top lender in PHFA HOMEstead Loans and the top producer of new PHFA Construction Loans. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency works to provide affordable homeownership and rental housing options for older adults, low and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. Additional honors went to Brenda Bryerton, Kimberly Walker, Gina Wright, and Elizabeth Gretzler for being named as PHFA's top Loan Originators in 2013. Gretzler and Bryerton are Mortgage Consultants in the JSSB Centre County market area while Walker and Wright serve the Lycoming County market. Read More
Richard A. Grafmyre CFP®, President and Chief Executive Officer of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a first quarter 2014 cash dividend of $0.47 per share. Read More
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. continued its solid earnings and growth during the recently completed fourth quarter of 2013, achieving net income of $14,084,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 resulting in basic and dilutive earnings per share of $3.19. Read More
Aron Carter, Senior Vice President/Enterprise Risk Management and John Frey, Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer for Jersey Shore State Bank, have been invited by Representative Richard Mirabito to testify on the impact of the Biggert-Waters Act in front of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee in Harrisburg on January 27th. Read More