Stunning Image of Chebacco Lake Takes Third Place in Salem Five's "We Love It Here!" Photo Contest

SALEM, Mass., November 1, 2012 – Salem Five is pleased to announce the winners of the “We Love It Here!” photo contest. Participants were invited to submit a photo, via the bank’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/salemfivebank) that captures the essence of New England for a chance to win one of three prizes. Salem Five Facebook fans voted on their favorite photo from the top ten chosen by a panel of expert judges from the Peabody Essex Museum.

The three winners are:

1^st prize –Rich Hilgendorff – Rock Harbor in Orleans, MA

Mr. Hilgendorff from Brewster, MA won a getaway at the newly restored historic hotel The Nantucket Hotel & Resort on Nantucket.

2^nd prize – Sue Antinoro – Plum Island in Newburyport, MA

Ms. Antinoro from North Andover, MA won an overnight stay at the Inn at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich.

3^rd prize –Faleen Wies – Chebacco Lake in Hamilton, MA

Ms. Wies from Georgetown, MA won a dinner at Meritage at the Boston Harbor Hotel on Rowes Wharf, overlooking Boston Harbor.

Each of the winning photographs will also be featured on the Salem Five website.

Salem Five would like to congratulate the three winners and to thank all those who submitted a photo to the contest as well as those who voted. The bank received an impressive number of remarkable entries. To view the three winning photographs please visit www.salemfive.com/.  

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Salem Five (salemfive.com) believes better banking starts with listening. A mutual institution founded in 1855, Salem Five designs and delivers sophisticated retail and commercial banking products and services coupled with smart technology. Among the first banks in the country to offer online banking, Salem Five continues to innovate, providing banking access wherever its customers need it: online, mobile, ATMs, offices, phone, email and more. Salem Five is one of the largest Massachusetts-headquartered banks with $2.9 billion in assets, and has 23 retail branches. Salem Five Mortgage Company finances more homes statewide than any other Massachusetts bank, and has offices throughout Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island. Salem Five Investment Services offers financial and retirement planning, portfolio review and money management with a focus on retirement income. Salem Five Insurance Agency provides personal and commercial insurance. Stoneham Savings, a division of Salem Five Bancorp (stonesav.com), has assets over $335 million and provides a full range of financial services to individual consumers and small- and middle-market businesses through six branches in Middlesex County. Deposits are insured through the FDIC and DIF.