E7-16441. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than September 5, 2007.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. James J. Mawn, Sr., Gloucester, Massachusetts; individually and to act in concert with the Mawn Family Group, consisting of Rita M. Mawn; Mary Catherine Riley; Joseph Riley; Rita M. Barger; Sheila E. Carpenter; James J. Mawn, Jr.; Marylyn C. Mawn; Alicia J. Mawn-Mahlau; Sam A. Mawn-Mahlau; the Mawn Family Limited Partnership; Louise S. McDonough and Mary E. Negri; to acquire additional voting shares of Northern Bancorp, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Northern Bank and Trust Company, Woburn, Massachusetts.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 16, 2007.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.