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2023 New Year's Letter from Alice

Jan 03, 2023

As an adult the New Year brings about a sense of purpose that I felt as a child at the beginning of a new school year. There is nothing like the excitement and opportunity to change the future with a clean slate of fresh notebooks, new teachers, a new classroom, and new kids to meet.Full Story

BCT-Bank of Charles Town Receives 2022 FHLBank Pittsburgh DEI Membership Award

Nov 30, 2022

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. Nov. 30, 2022 – Today, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) announced that Bank of Charles Town (BCT) (OTC:PTBS) received the inaugural 2022 FHLBank Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Membership Award (Award) for their Banking On Diversity program. The Award was designed to celebrate FHLBank member financial institutions that have implemented or supported impactful, innovative DEI initiatives or programs in their communities.Full Story

BCT-Bank of Charles Town Voted "Best of the Best" for Bank, Loan Service, and Financial Planning by Journal-News Readers

Nov 22, 2022

CHARLES TOWN, WV, November 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ (OTC:PTBS) BCT-Bank of Charles Town, also known as The Community’s Bank, is pleased to announce it has been voted a 2022 Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards recipient in three financial services categories: Bank, Loan Service, and Financial Service/Planning Company. Full Story

Potomac Bancsahres, Inc. Reports 2022 Third Quarter Results

Nov 01, 2022

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Potomac Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") (OTC: PTBS), the one bank holding company for Bank of Charles Town (BCT), for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, earned $2.084 million or $0.50 per share compared to $2.212 million or $0.54 for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, and $1.605 million in the second quarter of 2022 or $0.39 per share.Full Story

BCT Residential Lending Welcomes Adam Ware as Mortgage Loan Officer

Oct 25, 2022

CHARLES TOWN, WV, October 25, 2022 (OTC:PTBS) – BCT-Bank of Charles Town, also known as The Community’s Bank, recently announced the appointment of Adam Ware as Mortgage Loan Officer. Mr. Ware will be responsible for residential mortgage originations throughout BCT’s markets with an emphasis on Berkeley County, West Virginia. Mr. Ware’s office is located at BCT’s Martinsburg branch at 9738 Tuscarora Pike, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25403.Full Story