Exhibit 99.1

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Dividend

Lakeville,  Connecticut,  May 31,  2005/PRNewswire...  The Board of Directors of
Salisbury Bancorp,  Inc. (AMEX:SAL),  the holding company for Salisbury Bank and
Trust Company  declared a $.25 per common share quarterly cash dividend at their
May 27,  2005  meeting.  Dividends  year to date for 2005  total $.50 per common
share.  This represents an increase of $.02 or 4.2% over the $.48 per share cash
dividends  paid during the same period in 2004. The quarterly cash dividend will
be paid on July 29, 2005 to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2005.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $400 million and capital in
excess  of $40  million,  which  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,  Connecticut  and South Egremont and Sheffield,  Massachusetts.  The
Bank offers a full  complement  of consumer  and business  banking  products and
services as well as trust services. Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.'s sole subsidiary,

Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, is a community bank. The Company has assets in
excess of $396 million and continues to serve the  communities  of  northwestern
Connecticut and proximate communities in New York and Massachusetts which it has
done  for  approximately  150  years.   Salisbury  Bank  and  Trust  Company  is
headquartered  in Lakeville,  Connecticut and operates full service  branches in
Canaan,  Salisbury and Sharon,  Connecticut  and South  Egremont and  Sheffield,
Massachusetts.  The Bank  offers a full  compliment  of  consumer  and  business
banking products and services as well as trust services.