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      8-K</strong></font></div>
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      REPORT</strong></font></div>
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      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</strong></font></div>
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      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></font></div>
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      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported): <strong>March 16,
      2006</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
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      16, 2006, the Board of Directors of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the
      "Company") approved the grant of restricted stock awards under the 2004 Stock
      Incentive Plan to the executive officers of the Company set forth below, subject
      to the terms of the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and the restricted stock award
      agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
      filed on March 22, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference. All of the
      restricted stock awards granted on March 16, 2006 vest in the event of
      retirement, death or permanent disability of the recipient or a change in
      control of the Company.</font></div>
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      required by Section 16 after such grants become effective.</font></div>
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      to $700 in the meeting attendance fee paid to outside directors for all meetings
      of committees of the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dime Savings
      Bank of Williamsburgh, with the exception of Audit Committee meetings.
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      duly authorized.</font></div>
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Form 8-K For Event on March 16, 2006
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March 16,
      2006
DIME
      COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-27782
11-3297463
(State
                or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                File Number)
(IRS
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
209
      Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211
(Address
      of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(718)
      782-6200
None
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item
      1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On
      March
      16, 2006, the Board of Directors of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the
      "Company") approved the grant of restricted stock awards under the 2004 Stock
      Incentive Plan to the executive officers of the Company set forth below, subject
      to the terms of the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and the restricted stock award
      agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.22 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
      filed on March 22, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference. All of the
      restricted stock awards granted on March 16, 2006 vest in the event of
      retirement, death or permanent disability of the recipient or a change in
      control of the Company.
Name
                and Title of Executive Officer
Number
                of Restricted
Stock
                Award
Shares
Granted
Timothy
                B. King, Senior Vice President
and
                Chief Investment Officer
10,000
Michael
                Pucella, Senior Vice President and
Chief
                Accounting Officer
8,000
TOTALS
18,000
Executive
      officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended, who have been granted restricted stock awards will file any reports
      required by Section 16 after such grants become effective.
On
      March
      16, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company approved adjustments in annual
      base salary and annual cash bonuses for the executive officers of the Company
      as
      set forth below. Both the adjustments in annual base salary and the annual
      cash
      bonuses were based upon the recommendations of a nationally recognized
      compensation consulting firm which the Company retains. The specific
      recommendations to the Company were based on a comparative analysis of ten
      to
      fifteen comparably sized and similarly located public banks.
The
      following table summarizes the adjustment in annual base salary and annual
      cash
      bonus for each executive officer of the Company:
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Name
                and Title of Executive Officer
Increase
                in Annual
Base
                Salary*
Annual
Cash
Bonus
Vincent
                F. Palagiano, Chairman of the Board
and
                Chief Executive Officer
-
$139,000
Michael
                P. Devine, President
and
                Chief Operating Officer
-
111,000
Kenneth
                J. Mahon, Executive Vice President
and
                Chief Financial Officer
$20,000
95,000
Timothy
                B. King, Senior Vice President
and
                Chief Investment Officer
20,000
60,000
Michael
                Pucella, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
                Officer
15,000
55,000
TOTALS
$55,000
$460,000
*
      By
      authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, the adjustment to base
      salary for each executive officer is effective as of January 1,
      2006.
On
      March
      16, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an increase from $600
      to $700 in the meeting attendance fee paid to outside directors for all meetings
      of committees of the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dime Savings
      Bank of Williamsburgh, with the exception of Audit Committee meetings.
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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.
DIME
      COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
/s/
      KENNETH J. MAHON
By:
      ___________________________________________
Kenneth
      J. Mahon
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated:
      March 20, 2006