A Happy Banker

Middlesex Savings Bank?s Michael Hart, whom we found at Friday's REFA breakfast, expects a slow-growth future because ?the world is still over leveraged.? He thinks it will take about three more years to right the economic ship. But, he says, ?We avoided a big mess thanks to Bernanke.? Middlesex Savings continues to grow despite ?some issues? in its portfolio. Michael says growth for the Boston metro area will come from biotech and some financial services geared toward high-net-worth individuals.

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