Form 8-K For Event on July 25, 2006
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 25, 2006
DIME
COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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0-27782
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11-3297463
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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209
Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (718)
782-6200
None
(Former
name or former
address,
if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02 Election
of New Directors
(d) (1) On
July 25,
2006, Donald E. Walsh and Omer S.J. Williams were elected to serve on
the
Board of Directors of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the
"Company").
Both Mr. Walsh and
Mr. Williams have additionally been elected to serve as a Director of the
Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dime
Savings
Bank of
Williamsburgh (the "Bank").
(2) There
are no
arrangements or understandings between either Mr. Walsh or Mr. Williams
and any
other persons pursuant to which such director was selected as
director.
(3) Messrs.
Walsh and
Williams have been designated as members of the Budget and Planning Committee
of
the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, The
Dime
Savings Bank of
Williamsburgh.
(4)
Transactions
With Management and
Others.
None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
DIME
COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
/s/
KENNETH J. MAHON
By:
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Kenneth
J. Mahon
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: July
26,
2006