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POTOMAC BANK ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOUNTAIN STATE APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (MSAHF)
POTOMAC BANK ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOUNTAIN STATE APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (MSAHF).
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[{"type":"text","content":"\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n POTOMAC BANK ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOUNTAIN STATE APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (MSAHF)\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nPOTOMAC BANK ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOUNTAIN STATE APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (MSAHF)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- (OTCID:PTBS) – Potomac Bank is pleased to join with the Board of Directors of the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival today for a special announcement that will continue to provide a major boost to this annual community tradition.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\"Today marks an unprecedented occasion in the history of the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival as Potomac Bank continues their partnership with the Festival,\" according to festival board president Mary Beth Blair.  \"In 2019, for the first time ever, we had a business step up to provide a major financial boost to our festival with their commitment to join our organization in promoting our rich agricultural history by becoming our presenting sponsor. That was Potomac Bank.  Uniquely, our roots are both tied to orchardists in the eastern panhandle - with the bank's reaching as far back as 1871. The Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival celebrates the role that apple orchards play in our past, present, and future of our region. Combining these two powerful organizations whose origins are similar has resulted in great success!\"\r\n According to Potomac Bank President & CEO Alice Frazier, a few short years after the end of the Civil War, a group comprised of 38 far-sighted Jefferson County, West Virginia farmers, orchardists, and business leaders saw the need for a bank to serve as a principal stabilizing influence on Jefferson County. They pooled their resources and founded Bank of Charles Town. Potomac Bank recently adopted its new name after 154 years as Bank of Charles Town.\r\n Frazier said, \"Our recent renaming from Bank of Charles Town to Potomac Bank reflects our strategic growth over the past 155 years, plus our commitment to all the communities we serve in the Eastern Panhandle and throughout the Potomac River region.  We are the same community bank with a new name that represents our branch network more accurately.\" \r\n Blair then announced the renewed partnership by saying, \"because of the ban...