Exhibit 99.1

September 2, 2008

Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salisbury  Bancorp,  Inc.  Announces  a Third  Quarter  Dividend  and a Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.

Lakeville, Connecticut,  September 2, 2008/PRNewswire...  The Board of Directors
of Salisbury Bancorp,  Inc.  (AMEX:SAL),  the holding company for Salisbury Bank
and Trust Company,  declared a $.28 per common share  quarterly cash dividend at
their August 29, 2008 meeting.  Dividends  year-to-date  for 2008 total $.84 per
common  share.  This  represents  an  increase of $.03 or 3.7% over the $.81 per
share cash  dividends  paid during the same period in 2007.  The quarterly  cash
dividend  will be paid on  October  31,  2008 to  shareholders  of  record as of
September 30, 2008.

Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer John F.  Perotti  commented,  "I am also
pleased to announce our new Dividend  Reinvestment  and Stock  Purchase Plan. It
provides a convenient way for our  shareholders  to purchase  additional  common
stock either by reinvesting  cash dividends or by making voluntary cash payments
on a quarterly basis." The Plan Prospectus and related enrollment information is
scheduled for mailing to all of our shareholders early in September.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $475 million and capital in
excess of $42 million and serves the communities of northwestern Connecticut and
proximate  communities in New York and  Massachusetts.  Salisbury Bank and Trust
Company is headquartered in Lakeville,  Connecticut, and in addition to the main
office,  operates full service  branches in North 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 /wealth advisory services.

This news release does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.  Such
offer may only be made by means of the Prospectus for the Dividend  Reinvestment
and Stock Purchase Plan.

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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