8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 17, 2005
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                              CENTRAL BANCORP, INC.
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               (Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)


       MASSACHUSETTS                      0-25251              04-3447594
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(State Or Other Jurisdiction            (Commission           (IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)                       File Number)         Identification No.)


399 HIGHLAND AVENUE, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS                       02144
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(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 628-4000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name Or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 5.02   DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
            APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

         On November 17, 2005, the Board of Directors of Central Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Company"), upon recommendation of the Nominating Committee, voted to
appoint Richard E. Stevens to the Company's Board of Directors, effective
November 17, 2005. Mr. Stevens is expected to serve on the Board's Compensation
Committee. Mr. Stevens will receive customary fees for his service on the
Company's Board of Directors and the committees thereof. A copy of the Company's
press release announcing Mr. Stevens' appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1 and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (a)   Not applicable.

      (b)   Not applicable.

      (c)   The following exhibit is filed herewith:

            Exhibit 99.1      Press Release dated November 18, 2005






                                   SIGNATURES


         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.

                                      CENTRAL BANCORP, INC.



Date: November 18, 2005               By: /s/ Paul S. Feeley
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                                          Paul S. Feeley
                                          Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

                          [CENTRAL BANCORP LETTERHEAD]


                                                                    NEWS RELEASE


Contact:   William P. Morrissey                         For Release: Immediately
           EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/
             CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
           (617) 628-4000

                  CENTRAL BANCORP ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF
                  RICHARD E. STEVENS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, November 18, 2005- Central Bancorp, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CEBK) today announced that at a meeting of the board of directors
Richard E. Stevens was appointed as a director of the Company and its
subsidiary, Central Co-operative Bank. In making the appointment, the Company
increased the size of its board of directors from eight to nine members and the
Bank increased the size of its board of directors from 10 to 11 members. Mr.
Stevens will also serve as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee and
the Bank's Finance Committee. Mr. Steven's term as director will expire at the
Company's annual meeting of shareholders in 2006.

         Mr. Stevens is a principal of Gunrock Realty Trust and is involved in
real estate and investment management. Previously, he served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of Foxboro Savings Bank for almost 30 years, prior to
which he was a Senior Bank Examiner in the Office of the Commissioner of Banks
for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

         John D. Doherty, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, stated, "The Board is very pleased to welcome Dick Stevens to the
Company and the Bank as he brings a wide range of banking and financial
management experience. We look forward to working with him to serve the Company,
our stockholders, our employees and our community."

         Central Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Central Bank, whose
legal name is Central Co-operative Bank, a Massachusetts-chartered co-operative
bank operating eight full service banking offices, a limited service high school
branch in suburban Boston and a stand alone 24-hour automated teller machine in
Somerville.

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