Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR) S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 23.5

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the inclusion in the prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement of Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated January 20, 2006 relating to the 2005 consolidated financial statements of CN Bancorp, Inc., appearing in CN Bancorp, Inc.’s Annual Report onForm 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006, which is included herein.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/  Beard Miller Company LLP

Baltimore, Maryland
March 8, 2007

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