	amoskeag bank amkg to seek rehearing amoskeag bank shares inc and portsmouth savings bank said they will file motions for a rehearing with the new hampshire supreme court of its march ruling that overturned state regulatory approval of amoskeag s uisition portsmouth the ramifications of this decision we believe go well beyond the affiliation of amoskeag and portsmouth savings bank said amoskeag chairman william s bushnell the transaction was opposed by a group of portsmouth investors who wanted the bank to remain independent according to press reports reuter 
