Exhibit 99.1

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Announces Plans for Management Succession

Lakeville, Connecticut,  December 31, 2008/PRNewswire...  The Board of Directors
of Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:SAL)(the  "Company"),  the holding
company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank")  announced today that,
effective June 8, 2009, John F. Perotti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and the Bank, will retire as Chief Executive  Officer of the Company
and the Bank.  Mr.  Perotti's  retirement is pursuant to his long-held  personal
plans, which he has discussed with the Board of Directors for several years. Mr.
Perotti selected his retirement date to coincide with the expiration of his term
as  President of the  Connecticut  Community  Bankers  Association  (CCBA).  Mr.
Perotti will continue as a director of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Perotti has
been an  executive  officer of the Company  since its  formation in 1998 and has
been an executive officer of the Bank since 1982.

Also effective June 8, 2009, Richard J. Cantele, Jr., who is currently President
and Chief  Operating  Officer  of the  Company  and the Bank will  become  Chief
Executive  Officer and  President of the Company and the Bank.  Mr.  Cantele has
served as an Executive  Officer of the Company  since 2001 and of the Bank since
1989. Mr. Cantele also serves as a director of the Company and the Bank.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $480 million and capital in
excess of $38 million and 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
as well as Lakeville,  Connecticut, South Egremont and Sheffield,  Massachusetts
and Dover Plains,  New York.  The Bank offers a full  complement of consumer and
business  banking  products  and  services as well as trust and wealth  advisory
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 on 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.