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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 27, 2008

CENTER BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

New Jersey
2-81353
52-1273725
(State or Other
(Commission
(IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

2455 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey
07083
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 862-3683

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
The Registrant's annual meeting of shareholders was held on May 27, 2008. The terms of two long-standing directors - Paul Lomakin, Jr. and Herbert Schiller - ended as of the shareholders' meeting. Both Mr. Lomakin and Mr. Schiller chose not to stand for re-election in connection with their respective retirements.

 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
  CENTER BANCORP, INC.
 
 		  
 		  
 
  By:   /s/ Anthony C. Weagley 
 
Name: Anthony C. Weagley
  Title: President & CEO 
 
Dated: June 3, 2008

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