INCOME TAXES - Effective Income Tax Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
INCOME TAXES
U.S. Federal statutory tax rate	$ 9,646	$ 11,049	$ 11,995
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect	1,500	1,287	1,539
Tax credits, net of benefits	(263)	$ (239)	$ (471)
Tax expense related to proportional amortization	1,400
Tax benefit related to flow-through losses	$ 175
Rate
U.S. Federal statutory tax rate (in %)	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (in %)	3.20%	2.45%	2.69%
Tax credits, net of benefits (in %)	(0.57%)	(0.45%)	(0.82%)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
Tax exempt interest Income	$ (1,492)	$ (1,405)	$ (1,042)
Bank owned life insurance income	(535)
Officers' life insurance		(416)	(578)
Stock-based compensation plans		(37)	17
Other	160	(1,169)	805
Total income tax expense	9,016	9,070	12,265
Foreign income tax expense (benefit), continuing operations	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
Tax exempt interest Income (in %)	(3.22%)	(2.67%)	(1.82%)
Bank owned life insurance income	(1.16%)
Officers' life insurance (in %)		(0.79%)	(1.01%)
Stock-based compensation plans (in %)		(0.07%)	0.03%
Other (in %)	0.72%	(2.22%)	1.40%
Effective tax rate (in %)	19.64%	17.25%	21.47%