Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of net expense for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2020		2019		2020		2019
Employee Pension Plan:
Interest cost	$	163	$	199	$	489	$	597
Amortization of actuarial loss		111		68		333		201
Expected return on plan assets		(257)		(272)		(771)		(816)
Net employee pension expense (benefit)	$	17	$	(5)	$	51	$	(18)
Outside Director Pension Plan:
Service cost	$	4	$	10	$	11	$	30
Interest cost		16		21		48		63
Amortization of actuarial gain		(14)		(35)		(41)		(105)
Amortization of past service liability		—		—		—		—
Net outside director pension expense (benefit)	$	6	$	(4)	$	18	$	(12)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Service cost	$	69	$	70	$	206	$	210
Interest cost		64		85		194		255
Amortization of past service credit		(21)		(22)		(64)		(64)
Net other postretirement expense	$	112	$	133	$	336	$	401