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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909654-09-000658
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090716
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090717
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090717

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL BANCORP INC /MA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001076394
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				043447594
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25251
		FILM NUMBER:		09950574

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		399 HIGHLAND AVENUE
		CITY:			SOMERVILLE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02144
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176284000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		399 HIGHLAND AVENUE
		CITY:			SOMERVILLE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02144
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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): July 16, 2009


                              CENTRAL BANCORP, INC.
                              ---------------------
               (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
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Address Of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 628-4000
                                                           --------------

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          -------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former Name Or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
    (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
    (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 8.01   OTHER EVENTS.
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      On July 16, 2009, Central Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly common
stock dividend of $0.05 per share payable on or about August 21, 2009 to
stockholders of record on August 7, 2009. A copy of the Company's press release
is attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is furnished herewith.


ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
           ---------------------------------

      (d)   Exhibits

            Number      Description
            ------      -----------

             99.1       Press Release dated July 16, 2009

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                                   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:  July 16, 2009               By:  /s/ Paul S. Feeley
                                        --------------------------------
                                        Paul S. Feeley
                                        Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

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                                                                   NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    Paul S. Feeley
            Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
              Chief Financial Officer
            (617) 628-4000

                    CENTRAL BANCORP, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY
                           COMMON STOCK CASH DIVIDEND

      SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, July 16, 2009 -- Central Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ
Global Market: CEBK) (the "Company"), today announced that the Company's Board
of Directors has declared a quarterly common stock dividend of five ($0.05)
cents per share, payable on or about August 21, 2009 to stockholders of record
on August 7, 2009.

      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 nine full-service banking offices, a limited service high school
branch in suburban Boston and a standalone 24-hour automated teller machine in
Somerville.


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