Calling the nearly 45-minute session “very productive,” Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari highlighted his concerns about the number of recent bank branch closings during a private phone conference with the N.J. Banking and Insurance Commissioner on Jan. 21.

The phone meeting with state official Marlene Caride was in response to a Sept. 29, 2021 letter that Vicari had sent to Caride outlining his fears that the continued closing of local bank branches is harming the county’s senior…