SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION (RULE 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. ___) Filed by the Registrant [x] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ]Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ]Confidential, for Use of the [ ]Definitive Proxy Statement Commission Only (as permitted [X]Definitive Additional Materials by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [ ]Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12 CENTRAL BANCORP, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [x] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. 1. Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Total fee paid: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:___________________________ [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. 1. Amount Previously Paid: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Filing Party: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Date Filed: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Newspaper Notice] --------------- CENTRAL BANCORP --------------- 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 [Lobby Card] [LOGO] CENTRAL BANK CENTRALBK.COM NOTICE TO CENTRAL BANCORP STOCKHOLDERS For your convenience you may leave your white proxy card with the Branch Manager