**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):April 19,
      2007








**United
      Financial Bancorp, Inc.**


(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)





United
                  States
              000-51369
              83-0395247(State
                  or other jurisdiction
              (Commission
                  File No.)
              (I.R.S.
                  Employerof
                  incorporation)
              
              Identification
                  No.)95
                  Elm StreetWest
                  Springfield, Massachusetts
              01089(Address
                  of principal executive office)
              (Zip
                  code)





Registrant’s
      telephone number, including area code: (413) 787-1700











Not
      Applicable


(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)





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**Item
                5.03.**
            **Amendments
                to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
                Year.**





As
      previously reported by the filing of Form 8-K on February 20, 2007, United
      Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its Bylaws, effective April 19,
      2007, to (i) reduce the authorized members of the Board of Directors of the
      Company from ten to nine members; and (ii) to allow for the annual meeting
      of
      the Board of Directors (following the annual meeting of stockholders) to be
      convened at a different time and different location from that of the annual
      meeting of stockholders.





The
      Amended and Restated Bylaws, following the amendments, was included as Exhibit
      3(ii) to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed on February 20, 2007.





**Item
                8.01**
            **Other
                Events.**





Also,
      at
      its annual meeting of stockholders on April 19, 2007, as previously announced,
      director and Chairman of the Board, Robert W. Bozenhard, Jr., retired. Richard
      B. Collins, a director and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
      was appointed by the Board of Directors as Chairman of the
      Board.





**Item
                9.01.**
            **Financial
                Statements and
                Exhibits.**





None.























**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.





**UNITED
                  FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.**DATE:
              April
                  20, 2007
              
              By:
              /s/
                  Richard B. CollinsRichard
                  B. CollinsPresident
                  and Chief Executive Officer