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text: cbna8k070809.htm
  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):
  July 7, 2009
  Community
  Bank System, Inc.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  001-13695
  16-1213679
  (State or
        other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (Commission
        File Number)
  (IRS
        EmployerIdentification No.)
  5790 Widewaters Parkway,
        DeWitt, New York
  13214
  (Address of
        principal executive offices)
  (Zip
        Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code:
  (315) 445-2282
  Not
  Applicable
  (Former
  name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the
  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  ⁭
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  ⁭
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  ⁭
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))
  ⁭
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.13e-4(c))
  Item
  8.01 Other Events.
  On July
  7, 2009, Community Bank System, Inc. issued a press release to announce that its
  wholly-owned subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A., is making a strategic investment
  in a new integrated core processing system which will enable expanded and
  improved service capabilities for its banking customers.  A copy of
  the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
  reference.
  Item
  9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  The following exhibit is filed as a
  part of this report.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  99.1                      News
  Release, dated July 7, 2009
  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.
  Community
        Bank System, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ Mark E. Tryniski
  Name:  Mark
        E.
  Tryniski
  Title:  President
        and Chief Executive Officer
  Dated:  July
  9, 2009