That would leave 126 branch locations for the merged company in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Pending ...

Brockton-based HarborOne Bank and Boston's Eastern Bank plan to merge. "We're better together," Eastern Bank's Bob Rivers said in a Monday interview with his HarborOne counterpart Joe Casey.

Eastern Bank and Brockton-born HarborOne Bank aim to close 13 branches between them as part of their merger. That would leave ...