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                               [Newspaper Notice]

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                                 CENTRAL BANCORP
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                              SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
                           MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
                                   11:00 a.m.
                           HOLIDAY INN, SOMERVILLE, MA

                       The Board of Directors asks you to
                          vote for our LOCAL directors


                                   JOHN GILGUN
                                  MARAT SANTINI
                                       and
                                   PAUL BULMAN
                      Please vote the "white" proxy card.

                                                     Thank You





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