November 30, 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 Fourth Quarter Dividend

Lakeville, Connecticut,  November 30, 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 November 28, 2005 meeting. Dividends year-to-date for 2005 total $1.00 per
common  share.  This  represents  an  increase of $.04 or 4.2% over the $.96 per
share cash  dividends  paid during the same period in 2004.  The quarterly  cash
dividend  will be paid on  January  31,  2006 to  shareholders  of  record as of
December 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.

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 of 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.