Exhibit 99.1
Company Press Release

Source: Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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 Fourth Quarter Dividend

Lakeville, Connecticut,  November 26, 2008/PRNewswire...  The Board of Directors
of Salisbury  Bancorp,  Inc. (NYSE  Alternext  US:SAL),  the holding company for
Salisbury Bank and Trust Company declared a $.28 per common share quarterly cash
dividend at their  November 24, 2008 meeting.  Dividends  year-to-date  for 2008
total $1.12 per common share.  This  represents an increase of $.04 or 3.7% over
the $1.08 per share cash  dividends  paid  during the same  period in 2007.  The
quarterly  cash  dividend  will be paid on January 30, 2009 to  shareholders  of
record as of December 31, 2008.

Salisbury  Bancorp's sole  subsidiary,  Salisbury  Bank and Trust Company,  is a
community  bank. The Company has assets in excess of $480 million and capital in
excess of $38 million and 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
as well as Lakeville,  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 and wealth  advisory
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 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.