There's a definitely a feeling in the Duke community that N.C. Central is the lesser institution, and I've heard Duke students make that statement. I don't think that's something we should ignore.

I'm just not happy with this whole process. You're dressing it up differently, but it still comes out the same. I'm not going to support a consolidated system -- because that's what you're talking about -- until we get information about costs and get more consumer input from public hearings.

Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.

A whole community has been uprooted and huge parts of it destroyed. Add on top of that the disproportionate impact on the African-American population. So there is a tremendous amount of emotion about the issue.

It's making Plainview-Old Bethpage a more senior-friendly community to live in.

The depth of management that Riverside had is why they've been so successful and one of the premiere community banks over the last 10 years.