Savings bank expands

Ulster Savings Bank has opened an Orange County branch at 1229 Route 300 in the town of Newburgh.

The new branch office will offer the bank”™s full complement of banking, lending, investment, tax preparation, payroll and insurance products and services. It will be managed by Virginia F. Smith, a Newburgh town resident with more than 28 years of banking, financial sales and management experience.

“For many years, we enjoyed great success through our mortgage center in Goshen,” Ulster Savings Bank president and CEO Lisa M. Cathie said in a press release. “However, we constantly fielded questions about when we would open a branch in Orange County. Our expansion into Newburgh enhances our ability to fully serve the financial needs of individuals, families and businesses throughout Orange County.”

The Newburgh branch is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ulster Savings Bank has more than 300 employees at its 15 branches in Ulster, Dutchess, Orange and Greene counties.