Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Notes Tables

Schedule of net expense for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	128	$	163	$	384	$	489
Amortization of actuarial loss		122		111		366		333
Expected return on plan assets		(274)		(257)		(822)		(771)
Net employee pension (benefit) expense	$	(24)	$	17	$	(72)	$	51
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	4	$	4	$	12	$	11
Interest cost		12		16		36		48
Amortization of actuarial gain		(5)		(14)		(15)		(41)
Amortization of past service liability		—		—		—		—
Net outside director pension expense	$	11	$	6	$	33	$	18
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	73	$	69	$	219	$	206
Interest cost		58		64		174		194
Amortization of actuarial gain		8		—		24		—
Amortization of past service credit		(21)		(21)		(63)		(64)
Net other postretirement expense	$	118	$	112	$	354	$	336