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com Evans Mills Will Soon Be Home to Northern Federal Credit Unions Newest Branch Multiple branches, fee-free ATMs throughout North Country means easy access to financial services WATERTOWN, N.Y. (December 28, 2012 ) Northern Federal Credit Union is expanding, selecting Evans Mills, Town of LeRay community as home for its seventh branch. The newly planned facility will be located on Route 11 in front of the Evans Mills Wal-Mart and is expected to open in late 2013/early 2014. This is an exciting time of growth for Northern, and we look forward to extending our services to welcome new members from the Town of LeRay and Fort Drum communities, said Dan St. Hilaire, President/CEO of Northern. We are a local, member-owned institution serving northern New York for more than 55 years and were pleased about this opportunity to extend our services to this growing area. Opening a branch in Evans Mills will provide added convenience for many of our members living here and in the surrounding communities, said St. Hilaire. Its well positioned between our Watertown and Gouverneur branches; and with the expansion of personnel at Fort Drum, the Town of LeRay is poised for considerable growth. In addition to bringing consumers more options for competitive, high-quality financial services, Northerns expansion will stimulate the economy by engaging local contractors and businesses in the design, build and moving process. Improving the financial well-being of our families and communities is what drives all of our decisions and its core to Northerns vision, said Gary Rowe, Chairman of Northern and owner of MR Gaebel, a local accounting firm. This expansion benefits people in the area with access to financial services, but also supports the local economy by hiring companies from the neighborhoods we serve and reside in. Its a win-win. Planning and due diligence is underway related to the property. Northern FCU will likely present its site plan to the Town of LeRay Planning Board in the next few weeks.

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Evans Mills Will Soon Be Home to Northern Federal Credit Unions Newest Branch Northern Federal Credit Union December 28, 2012 Membership in Northern is open to any person living, working, worshiping or regularly conducting business in Jefferson, Lewis or Southern St. Lawrence counties. Other branch locations include two in Watertown with additional branches in Gouverneur, Lowville, Adams and Carthage.
About Northern Federal Credit Union Northern Federal Credit Union is a growing, federally insured financial institution and a leading provider of a full range of financial services to anyone who lives, works, worships or regularly conducts business in Jefferson, Lewis and Southern St. Lawrence counties. Northern FCU serves the financial needs of more than 24,000 members through world-class technology systems, and through a convenient network of 6 branch locations, a virtual branch location and over 28,000 surcharge free ATMs. Founded over 55 years ago Northern FCU continues to operate as a not-for-profit, member-owned financial cooperative with locations in the Watertown, Adams, Gouverneur, Lowville and West Carthage areas. Visit Northern FCU at www.northernfcu.com or call 866-310-NFCU (6328) to learn more. ###