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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(b)

                   CONSENTS OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Banknorth Group, Inc.

         We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Banknorth Group, Inc. ("Banknorth") of our report dated January
12, 2001, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000 of Banknorth, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Banknorth as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
July 27, 2001


The Board of Directors
Andover Bancorp, Inc.


         We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Banknorth Group, Inc. of our report dated January 18, 2001, which
appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
of Andover Bancorp, Inc. ("Andover"), relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Andover as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement.

                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
July 25, 2001