Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 13, 2014 Area ASB announces appointment of Peter Ameen Atlantic Stewardship Bank recently announced the appointment of Peter Ameen of Sparta as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Ameen will serve at the bank’s headquarters located at 630 Godwin Avenue in Midland Park. Ameen has more than 25 years of progressive experience in commercial banking. His skills include strategic and tactical planning, business development, small business lending, consumer lending, De Novo Bank start up, financial analysis, leadership development, employee engage- ment, and performance management. Most recently, Ameen was area president for a large regional bank. As Atlantic Stewardship Bank’s COO, Ameen will be responsible for the leader- ship and management of the branch admin- istration, operations/electronic services, information technology, and consumer lending departments. Ameen received bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio Univer- sity in Athens, Ohio. He is affiliated with many organizations. He is a board member of the Court Appointed Child Advocates of NJ, a board member and treasurer of the Cathedral of Saint George, and a board member of the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is chairman of the Lupus Walk for the Cure, chairman for the March of Dimes, and a member of the Good Scouting Award Committee. “We are pleased to welcome Peter Ameen to Atlantic Stewardship Bank. He brings many years of commercial bank- ing experience to our senior management team,” Atlantic Stewardship Bank Presi- dent and Chief Executive Officer Paul Van Ostenbridge stated. “We look forward to Peter’s contributions to the organization. He is deeply committed to the goals of the bank and he is a firm believer in our tithing program.” Atlantic Stewardship Bank main- tains banking locations in Midland Park, Montville, North Haledon, Pequan- nock, Ridgewood, Waldwick, Westwood, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, and Wayne. Estab- lished in 1985, ASB is a full-service com- munity bank serving both individuals and businesses. The bank’s website is www. asbnow.com. Peter Ameen ‘Shared History’ tour planned for September cal Society of Rockland County. The tour will include a total of eight homes located in Montvale, Upper Saddle River, Saddle River, Tallman, and Airmont. Several are 18 th century stone houses, and all of the homes have some tie to the Old Stone Church. The tour will also include the Old Stone Church, which has been restored to its 1819 appearance, and the church cem- etery. Proceeds from the tour will benefit the two historical societies. Tickets are lim- ited and are now available for $35 each at the Upper Saddle River Library, 245 Lake A view of the Old Stone Church from the late 1800s. In 1814, the Rev. Stephen Goetschius became minister of the Old Stone Church. The congregation hailed from the Ramapo Township area of Rockland County and from northern Bergen County, and Goetsch- ius served them until 1835. On Sept. 13, Rev. Goetschius’ former parsonage, now the Hopper-Goetschius House Museum, will be open to the public as part of “Shared History: A Historical House Tour.” This event is being sponsored by the Historical Society of Upper Saddle River and the USR Historic Preservation Commission in concert with the Histori- Street in Upper Saddle River. Tickets may also be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/755302. If tickets remain the day of the tour, the price will be $40. That day, tickets will be sold at the upper parking lot of the Old Stone Church Education Building, 500 East Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. The parking lot entrance is on Weiss Road. “Shared History” will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. For additional information, visit the USR Historical Soci- ety at www.usrhistoricalsociety.org.