UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2005

                   INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                   New Jersey
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

           1-10518                                       22-2553159
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   (Commission File Number)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

         Park 80 West/Plaza Two, Saddle Brook, New Jersey      07663
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            (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)

                                 (201) 703-2265
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 1.01.   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

         On October 18, 2005, the Board of Directors of Interchange Financial
Services Corporation (the "Company") authorized the accelerated vesting
of 564,528 stock options, representing all unvested stock options on
such date. The number of shares and exercise prices of the options subject to
the acceleration are unchanged. The remaining terms for each of the options
granted remain the same.

         The accelerated options included 313,875 options held by executive
officers as identified in the Company's March 30, 2005 proxy statement, 57,000
options held by non-employee directors and 193,653 options held by other
employees. Based on the Company's closing stock price of $15.89 per share on
October 18, 2005, 19.5% of the total accelerated options have exercise prices
above the closing market price at the time of acceleration of which almost all
would have vested by the end of January 2006. All of the accelerated options
have exercise prices between $11.33 and $17.64 per share, with a total weighted
average exercise price per share of $16.09.

         The Company's decision to accelerate the vesting of these options was
part of an on-going review by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company's incentive compensation programs and upcoming changes
in the accounting for stock options.







                                   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.

Date: October 24, 2005               Interchange Financial Services Corporation

                                     By: /s/ Charles T. Field
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                                     Name: Charles T. Field
                                     Title: SVP & Chief Financial Officer