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FORM 5      U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION        OMB APPROVAL
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                                                      OMB Number: 3235-0362
                 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN       Expires: February 1, 1994
                     BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             Estimated average burden
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[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.      -------------------------
    Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
    See instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
         Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
             or Section 30(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Buonforte         Jeffrey
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   (Last)            (First)            (Middle)

c/o Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.
250 Oak Ridge Road
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                                    (Street)

Oak Ridge            New Jersey           07438
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   (City)            (State)             (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:

                         Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary): 154-44-0900
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4. Statement for Month/Year:

                  12/31/00
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year):

                                    01/01/00
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable):

___ Director       ___ 10% Owner        _X_ Officer          ___ Other
                                            (Title Below)        (Specify Below)
                                             0.04%
                               Executive Vice President
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           TABLE 1 - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
                             OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED


                                                                                5. Amount of
                                                  4. Securities Acquired (A)    Securities Bene-                     7. Nature of
                 2. Trans-         3. Trans-      or Disposed of (D) (Instr.    ficially Owned at   6. Ownership     Indirect
Title of         action Date       action         3, 4, and 5)                   End of Issuer's     Form: Direct     Beneficial
Security         (Month/Day/       Code        ------------------------------   Fiscal Year         (D) or Indirect  Ownership
(Instr. 3)       Year)             (Instr. 8)   Amount     (A) or (D)   Price   (Instr. 3 & 4)      (I) (Instr. 4)   (Instr. 4)
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Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

Common               11/15/00          S/D         250         A        --             5250                D              *1
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


FORM 5 (Continued)

            Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



1. Title of Derivative   2. Conver-  3. Trans-    4. Trans-    5. Number of      6. Date Exercisable and   7. Title and Amount of
Security (Instr. 3)      sion or     action Date  action Code  Derivative Sec-   Expiration Date           Underlying Securities
                         Exercise    (Month/      (Instr. 8)   urities Acquired  (Month/Day/Year)          (Instr. 3 & 4)
                         Price of    Day/Year)                 (A) or Disposed
                         Derivative                            (D) (Instr. 3, 4
                         Security                              & 5)
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                                                                                    Date       Expiration             Amount or
                                                                 (A)      (D)    Exercisable      Date       Title    Number of
                                                                                                                       Shares
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Stock Option
Right to Purchase            9.38    2/9/00            A        5,000     --          *        2/8/10      Common     5,000
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1. Title of Derivative    8. Price of     9. Number of Derivative   10. Ownership of   11. Nature of
Security (Instr. 3)       Derivative      Securities Beneficially   Derivative Sec-    Indirect Bene-
                          Securities      Owned at End of Year      urity: Direct (D)  ficial Ownership
                          (Instr. 5)      (Instr. 4)                or Indirect (I)    (Instr. 4)
                                                                    (Instr. 4)
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Stock Option
Right to Purchase              --                  5,000                   D                   --
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* Stock Option was granted to Company's 2000 Equity Compensation Program and vests in 25% annual
  installments beginning one year after the grant date
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Explanation of Responses:
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Codes
S/D Stock Dividend
*1 Solely owned by Jeffrey Buonforte IRA


                                /s/ Jeffrey Buonforte                1/18/01
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                                ** Signature of Reporting Person       Date

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
  Violations

  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 7811(a)

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.

      If space provided is insufficient, see instruction 6 for procedure.