March 27, 2009

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

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 First Quarter Dividend

Lakeville,  Connecticut, March 27, 2009/PRNewswire...  The Board of Directors of
Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:SAL),  the holding company for Salisbury Bank
and Trust Company  declared a $.28 per common share  quarterly  cash dividend at
their March 27, 2009 meeting.  This is the same quarterly dividend that was paid
each quarter  during the year 2008.  The quarterly cash dividend will be paid on
April 30, 2009 to shareholders of record as of April 16, 2009.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $490 million and capital in
excess of $39 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 in addition to the main office, operates full service branches
in  North  Canaan,  Salisbury  and  Sharon,  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 investment 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.


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