Several Baltimore area banks may take the federal government up on its offer to invest in their institutions, part of the U.S. Treasury’s $700 billion plan to stabilize the nation’s financial institutions.

Provident Bank became the first major local bank to accept the funds, announcing Monday it had received $151 million under the program, the 13th bank nationwide to do so.

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