8-K

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): August 26, 2005

SALISBURY BANCORP, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Connecticut (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 0-24751 (Commission File Number) 06-1514263 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

5 Bissell Street, Lakeville, Connecticut (Address of principal executive offices) 06039-1868 (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (860) 435-9801

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Form 8-K, Current Report
Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

Section 8.     Other Events.

Item 8.01.     Other Events

        On August 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a $0.25 per share cash dividend to be paid on October 28, 2005 to shareholders of record September 30, 2005.

Section 9.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)     Not Applicable

(b)     Not Applicable

(c)     Exhibits

Exhibit Index

99.1  Press Release dated August 29, 2005.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

Dated:  August 29, 2005 SALISBURY BANCORP, INC.



By:   /s/ John F. Perotti
         John F. Perotti, Chairman and
         Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

Monday, August 29, 2005

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

Salisbury Contact: John F. Perotti-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                   (860) 435-9801 x 1001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Dividend

Lakeville, Connecticut, August 29, 2005/PRNewswire… The Board of Directors of Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX:SAL), the holding company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Company declared a $.25 per common share quarterly cash dividend at their August 26, 2005 meeting. Dividends year-to-date for 2005 total $.75 per common share. This represents an increase of $.03 or 4.2% over the $.72 per share cash dividends paid during the same period in 2004. The quarterly cash dividend will be paid on October 28, 2005 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2005.

Salisbury Bancorp’s sole subsidiary, Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, is a community bank. The Company has assets in excess of $400 million and capital in excess of $40 million, which has served the communities of northwestern Connecticut and proximate communities in New York and Massachusetts for approximately 150 years. Salisbury Bank and Trust Company is headquartered in Lakeville, Connecticut and operates full service branches in Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon, Connecticut and South Egremont and Sheffield, Massachusetts. The Bank offers a full complement of consumer and business banking products and services as well as trust services.

Statements contained in this news release contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of management as well as the assumptions made using information currently available to management. Since these statements reflect the views of management concerning future events, these statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including among others: changes in market interest rates and general and regional economic conditions; changes in government regulations; changes in accounting principles; and the quality or composition of the loan and investment portfolios and other factors that may be described in the Company’s quarterly reports of Form 10-Q and its annual report on Form 10-K, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internet website (www.sec.gov) and to which reference is hereby made. Therefore, actual future results may differ significantly from results discussed in the forward looking statements.