Rockland Trust Watertown Manager Edward Sugrue Selected as a 2016 Community Bank Hero by the Warren Group

Watertown, Mass. (May 23, 2016) – Edward M. Sugrue, Vice President and Manager for Rockland Trust’s Watertown branch at 430 Main Street, was selected by the Warren Group as a Community Bank Hero. The Community Bank Heroes Award honors the achievements, commitment and dedication of financial professionals who go above and beyond for their institution and community.

A lifelong resident of Watertown, Ed is an active member of the community. He is involved in a number of local organizations, including the Rotary Club of Watertown, Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce, and the Charles River Professionals Chapter of the BNI. In addition, he has served for many years on the planning committees for the Relay for Life of Watertown and the Watertown Faire on the Square.

About the Community Banking Heroes Award

The Community Bank Heroes Award honors community bankers, who are often the most philanthropic of their peers in the financial services sector. Dedicated to service and reinvestment in the community, these select few make charitable giving a priority. Despite the burden of financial regulation and competition with “big banks,” these community bankers never lose focus of building goodwill with their neighbors. An independent panel of judges select the very best and honor the most exceptional examples with the Warren Group’s Community Bank Heroes Award. For more information visit:

http://www.thewarrengroupevents.com/communitybankheroes/

About Rockland Trust

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.2 billion in assets and is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Named in 2015 to The Boston Globe’s “Top Places to Work” list for the seventh consecutive year, Rockland Trust was rated the top Largest Employer to work for in Massachusetts. The Company is also an FDIC member and an Equal Housing Lender. To find out why Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each Relationship Matters ®”, please visit www.rocklandtrust.com.

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