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)   November 5,
2008
 
 SOMERSET HILLS
BANCORP
 (Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 New
      Jersey
              000-50055
              22-3768777(State
      or other jurisdiction
              (Commission
              (IRS
      Employerof
      incorporation)
              File
      Number)
              Identification
      No155
      Morristown RoadBernardsville, New
      Jersey
              
              07924(Address
      of principal executive offices)
              
              (Zip
      Code)
 
 
 
 Registrant's
telephone number, including area code  (908)
221-0100
 
 
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 Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
 
 (d)
 
 (1)  On
November 5, 2008, acting pursuant to an affirmative vote at a meeting of the
Board of Directors of Somerset Hills Bancorp (the “Company”), Mr. Jefferson W.
Kirby was appointed to serve as a director of the Company and of Somerset Hills
Bank (the “Bank”), a subsidiary of the Company.  After serving as a
vice president of Alleghany Corporation for 11 years, Mr. Kirby, 46, has been
the Managing Member of Broadfield Capital Management, LLC since
2003.  Broadfield Capital Management, LLC is the Investment Manager of
Broadfield Capital, LP, a primarily small- and mid-cap investment
partnership.
 
 (2)  There
are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kirby and any other persons
pursuant to which Mr. Kirby was selected as a Director.
 
 (3)  Mr.
Kirby has not yet been appointed to any committees of the Board of Directors of
the Company or the Bank, however it is currently expected he will be named to
the Asset and Liability Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Bank.
 
 (4)  There
are no “related party transactions” between Mr. Kirby and the Company or the
Bank which require disclosure.
 
 (5)  There
are no material plans, contracts or other arrangements (or amendments thereto)
to which Mr. Kirby is a party, or in which he participates, that was entered
into or amended, in connection with Mr. Kirby being appointed as a director of
the Company and the Bank.
 
 
 SIGNATURES
 
 Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Somerset Hills
Bancorp, has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 SOMERSET HILLS
      BANCORP(Registrant)Dated:
      November 12, 2008
              By:
              /s/  Gerard
      RikerGERARD
      RIKERExecutive
      Vice Presidentand
      Chief Financial Officer
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