EXHIBIT 99


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                                                                 News Release

                                                               Media Contact:
                                                            TD Banknorth Inc.
                                                            Jeffrey Nathanson
                                                               (207) 761-8517
                                            jeffrey.nathanson@tdbanknorth.com


TD Banknorth Inc. to Present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2006 Regional Bank
Conference

PORTLAND, Maine-February 23, 2006--TD Banknorth Inc. (NYSE: BNK) announced
today that William J. Ryan, Chairman, President & CEO, will present at the
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2006 Regional Bank Conference at the Langham Hotel,
250 Franklin Street, in Boston, Massachusetts from 9:50 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
EST on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

A live web cast of the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2006 Regional Bank Conference
will be available at http://www.kbw.com/news/conference_regional.html.  The
web cast will also be accessible from the Investor Relations/Events section
of the TD Banknorth website at www.tdbanknorth.com.  Shortly after the
conference, a replay of the web cast will be available for a period of at
least 30 days from the Investor Relations section of the TD Banknorth website.

About TD Banknorth Inc.

TD Banknorth Inc. is a leading banking and financial services company
headquartered in Portland, Maine and a majority-owned subsidiary of TD Bank
Financial Group. At January 31, 2006, TD Banknorth had over $40 billion of
total consolidated assets and provided financial services to more than 1.5
million households in the Northeast. TD Banknorth's banking subsidiary, TD
Banknorth, N.A., operates banking divisions in Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
TD Banknorth and TD Banknorth, N.A. also operate subsidiaries and divisions
in insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking,
government banking, private label credit cards, insurance premium financing
and other financial services and offer investment products in association with
PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. The TD Banknorth common stock trades on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BNK". For more information, visit
http://www.tdbanknorth.com.


CONTACT: TD Banknorth Inc.
Jeffrey Nathanson, 207-761-8517

SOURCE: TD Banknorth Inc.