LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Summary of Impaired Loan Balances and Associated Allowance by Portfolio Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	$ 20,704	$ 17,955	$ 20,704	$ 17,955	$ 22,236
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	5,259	8,182	5,259	8,182	5,711
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	20,704	17,955	20,704	17,955	22,236
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	6,321	9,673	6,321	9,673	8,015
Related Allowance	3,264	2,682	3,264	2,682	2,981
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	21,385	17,690	21,739	18,756	20,222
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	5,219	8,012	5,151	7,733	7,397
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded	36	37	75	71	148
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded	18	35	34	65	91
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	25,963	26,137	25,963	26,137	27,947
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance	27,025	27,628	27,025	27,628	30,251
Impaired Financing Receivable, Average Recorded Investment	26,604	25,702	26,890	26,489	27,619
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Accrual Method	54	72	109	136	239
Residential real estate loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	8,964	9,491	8,964	9,491	11,902
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	2,818	2,608	2,818	2,608	2,533
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	8,964	9,491	8,964	9,491	11,902
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	3,177	3,503	3,177	3,503	3,846
Related Allowance	1,346	1,487	1,346	1,487	1,750
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	9,653	9,250	10,273	9,967	10,411
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	2,924	2,874	2,634	2,954	2,925
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded	35	30	64	59	118
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded	(2)	6	3	13	28
Commercial real estate loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	5,734	4,047	5,734	4,047	6,805
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	1,600	4,432	1,600	4,432	2,059
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	5,734	4,047	5,734	4,047	6,805
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	1,984	4,705	1,984	4,705	2,782
Related Allowance	397	296	397	296	526
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	6,371	4,082	6,812	4,213	5,517
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	1,466	4,072	1,601	3,794	3,362
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded	(4)	6	1	9	20
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded	19	24	29	46	55
Commercial loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	3,886	2,754	3,886	2,754	1,876
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	386	858	386	858	759
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	3,886	2,754	3,886	2,754	1,876
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	478	981	478	981	871
Related Allowance	578	386	578	386	132
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	3,273	2,749	2,618	2,779	2,543
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	387	652	478	595	765
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded	5	1	10	3	10
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded	1	5	2	6	8
Home equity loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	1,704	1,243	1,704	1,243	1,228
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	438	283	438	283	343
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	1,704	1,243	1,704	1,243	1,228
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	645	483	645	483	479
Related Allowance	805	442	805	442	433
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	1,671	1,148	1,614	1,338	1,291
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	425	412	421	388	334
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded
Consumer loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	416	420	416	420	425
Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	17	1	17	1	17
Unpaid Principal Balance - with an allowance recorded	416	420	416	420	425
Unpaid Principal Balance - without allowance recorded	37	1	37	1	37
Related Allowance	138	71	138	71	140
Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment - with an allowance recorded	417	461	422	459	460
Average Recorded Investment - without allowance recorded	17	2	17	2	11
Interest Income Recognized - with an allowance recorded
Interest Income Recognized - without allowance recorded

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