Community Bank readies itself to become part of Lehigh Valley community

Community Bank readies itself to become part of Lehigh Valley community

While the name Community Bank may be new to the Lehigh Valley, the Syracuse, New York-based bank is one of the oldest banks in the country at 160 years.  But it will soon become a better-known name in the Lehigh Valley as it completes a planned acquisition of seven area Santander Bank branches and constructs three new branches to add to the two retail locations it already has in the region.  The bank expects to assume about $600 million in depos…