Summary of CENTRAL BANCORP INC /MA/

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF
CERTAIN OFFICERS.

(c) On February 19, 2009, the Board of Directors of Central Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Central Co-operative Bank (the "Bank"), appointed William P. Morrissey as President of the Company and the Bank. John D. Doherty, the former President of the Company and the Bank, will continue in his role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank following Mr. Morrissey's appointment.

Mr. Morrissey, age 81, joined the Bank in November 1992 and was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank in April 2005. Until his promotion, he served as the Bank's Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs. Mr. Morrissey is a former Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Prior to 1992, Mr. Morrissey served as Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs at The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank and as Deputy Commissioner of Banks for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(d) In connection with his appointment as President, William P. Morrissey was also elected to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank on February 19, 2009. Mr. Morrissey will serve in the class of directors whose terms expire at the Company's 2009 annual meeting of stockholders. It is not anticipated that Mr. Morrissey will serve on any committees of the Company's or the Bank's Board of Directors. Mr. Morrissey was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangements or understandings between Mr. Morrissey, the Company, the Bank or any other person. In addition, there are no material or related party transactions between Mr. Morrissey and the Company, the Bank or any other person.

Mr. Morrissey is the father of John J. Morrissey, who also serves as a director of the Company and the Bank.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Mr. Morrissey's appointment as President and election to the Board of Directors, dated February 19, 2009, is attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.