SOMERVILLE, MA–(EMWNews – July 24, 2008) – Central Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEBK)

announced that its 2008 Annual Stockholders Meeting was held today. At the

meeting, John J. Morrissey, Paul E. Bulman and James F. Linnehan were each

elected as directors, each to serve for a three-year term.

Central Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Central Bank, whose legal

name is Central Co-operative Bank, a Massachusetts-chartered co-operative

bank operating nine full-service banking offices, a limited service

high school branch in suburban Boston and a stand alone 24-hour automated

teller machine in Somerville.