EXHIBIT 99a
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Press Release
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Contact:  Donald L. Kovach, Chairman, President & CEO (973) 827-2914

   SUSSEX BANCORP RAISES $4.8 MILLION THROUGH POOLED TRUST PREFERRED OFFERING

     FRANKLIN,  NEW JERSEY -- Sussex Bancorp (AMEX:  "SBB") announced today that
it  had  completed  an  offering  of  trust  preferred  securities  to a  pooled
investment vehicle sponsored by Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. The Company,  through
its Sussex Capital Trust I subsidiary,  sold $5.0 million in the trust preferred
securities and received proceeds,  net offering expenses,  of approximately $4.8
million.  These  securities  have a floating  interest rate equal to three month
LIBOR plus 365 basis points,  which resets quarterly.  The initial interest rate
is 5.51%. The variable  interest rate is caped at 12.5% through October 7, 2007.
The  securities  mature  on  October  7,  2032,  and may be called at par by the
Company any time after October 7, 2007. The securities  were placed in a private
transaction  exempted from  registration  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
amended.

     Sussex  Bancorp  intends  to use  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  these
securities for general corporate  purposes and to bolster the regulatory capital
ratios of its subsidiary, Sussex Bank, and to fund its continued growth.

     Sussex  Bancorp  is the  holding  company  for  Sussex  Bank,  a New Jersey
chartered  commercial  bank  operating  though eight  offices  located in Sussex
County,  New Jersey,  and of Tri-State  Insurance  Agency,  Inc., a full service
insurance agency located in Augusta, New Jersey.