October 9, 2009

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

Salisbury Contact: Richard J. Cantele, President and Chief Executive Officer
                   (860) 435-9801 x 1001 or rick@salisburybank.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Dividend

Lakeville, Connecticut, October 9, 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 October 9, 2009 meeting.  The dividend will be paid on November 6, 2009 to
shareholders of record as of October 23, 2009.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $560 million and capital in
excess of $50 million and has served the communities of northwestern Connecticut
and proximate  communities in New York and  Massachusetts  for approximately 160
years.   Salisbury  Bank  and  Trust  Company  is  headquartered  in  Lakeville,
Connecticut,  and in addition to the main office, operates full service branches
in 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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