Robert Talerman considers himself among the lucky who get to live in Cape Cod year around. The region, which makes up the hook-shaped peninsula in Massachusetts, is beautiful for its miles of coastline, beaches and waterways. “The natural beauty is the economy of the Cape and the islands,” says Talerman, president at Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in Hyannis, Massachusetts. “It’s all that coastline and beaches and ponds and waterways. It’s why people come here to vacation or retire here.” But the majority of the buildings in Cape Cod use septic tanks, rather than hooking up to a sewer…

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Jackie Stewart is the Executive Editor of Bank Director. She is responsible for writing and editing features for the company’s weekly newsletter and quarterly print magazine and oversees sponsored research reports. Jackie is particularly interested in community banking and M&A activity. She previously served in a number of reporter and editor roles with American Banker, including executive editor of American Banker Magazine. She has also covered retirement issues for Kiplinger and spent two years teaching middle school literacy in the Bronx, New York, through Teach For America.