8-K

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                                  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): January 27, 2010
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                            SI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        United States                   0-50801           84-1655232
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(State or other jurisdiction of       (Commission         (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)       File Number)      Identification No.)


803 Main Street, Willimantic, Connecticut                 06226
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(Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


                                 (860) 423-4581
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 5.03       AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN
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                FISCAL YEAR.
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         Effective January 27, 2010, SI Financial Group, Inc. (the "Registrant")
amended Article III, Section 2 of its Bylaws to decrease the size of its Board
of Directors from eight to seven members to eliminate the vacancy created by the
resignation of Steven H. Townsend in July 2009. A copy of the Article III,
Section 2, as amended, is attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated herein
by reference.

         Before such amendment, Article III, Section 2 read as follows:

         "Section 2. Number and Term. The board of directors shall consist of
         eight members and shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal
         in number as possible. The members of each class shall be elected for a
         term of three years and until their successors are elected and
         qualified. One class shall be elected by ballot annually."

         The Bylaws of each of SI Bancorp, MHC, the Registrant's parent mutual
holding company, and Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company, the Registrant's
wholly-owned subsidiary, also were amended similarly effective January 27, 2010.

ITEM 9.01       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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         (a)    Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired: Not applicable

         (b)    Pro Forma Financial Information: Not applicable

         (c)    Shell Company Transactions: Not applicable

         (d)    Exhibits

                Number                    Description
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                3(ii)                     Amendment to Bylaws



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                                   SIGNATURES

         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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                       SI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.



Date:    January 27, 2010              By: /s/ Rheo A. Brouillard
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                                           Rheo A. Bouillard
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-3.(II)

                                                                  EXHIBIT 3(ii)


                               AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS
                                       OF
                            SI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


"Section 2. Number and Term. The board of directors shall consist of seven
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members and shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as
possible. The members of each class shall be elected for a term of three years
and until their successors are elected and qualified. One class shall be elected
by ballot annually."