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                                                                        Contact:
                                                 Rick Cantele, President and CEO
                                                Salisbury Bank and Trust Company
                                           5 Bissell Street, Lakeville, CT 06039
                                                                  (860) 435-9801
                                                          rick@salisburybank.com
For Immediate Release

            SALISBURY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
                      WEBSTER BANK'S CANAAN BRANCH OFFICE

Lakeville,  CT (December 9, 2009) - Salisbury Bancorp,  Inc., (NYSE AMEX: "SAL")
announced  today  that  its   subsidiary,   Salisbury  Bank  and  Trust  Company
("Salisbury  Bank"),  has completed its purchase of approximately $11 million in
deposits and $2.5 million in loans and the branch  office  located at 10 Granite
Ave.,  Canaan,  Connecticut from Webster Bank,  National  Association  ("Webster
Bank") as of the close of business on December 4, 2009. Pursuant to the Purchase
and  Assumption  Agreement  entered into by  Salisbury  Bank and Webster Bank on
August 24, 2009,  Salisbury Bank assumed  certain  deposits,  fixed assets,  and
certain loans. Salisbury Bank agreed to retain all branch-based employees of the
Webster  Canaan  branch.  As  part  of  the  transaction,   Salisbury  Bank  has
consolidated  the new branch with  Salisbury  Bank's Canaan branch  conveniently
located at 100 Main Street, Canaan, Connecticut.

In the aggregate, the transaction included approximately $11 million in deposits
and  approximately   $2.5  million  in  loans,  as  well  as  safe  deposit  box
relationships associated with the branch.

"We are pleased to announce  this  addition to our  Salisbury  Bank  franchise,"
commented Richard J. Cantele,  Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer.  "The
purchase  solidifies our already strong presence in the town of Canaan and forms
a solid platform for Salisbury Bank's continued growth in the tri-state area."

"We welcome the customers  and employees of Webster  Bank's Canaan branch to the
Salisbury Bank family and look forward to providing outstanding customer service
to these customers," Cantele continued. "Salisbury Bank's spacious Canaan office
is conveniently  located in the center of town and offers  customers access to a
full service branch as well as a commercial  lender,  mortgage advisor and trust
officer to meet all of their financial  needs.  The branch also has two drive-up
banking lanes along with a convenient walk-up ATM and ample parking."

"We are pleased with how smoothly this transaction  proceeded.  Our staff worked
very  closely  with  Webster Bank to insure the  transition  for  customers  was
straightforward and any inconvenience was kept to a minimum."

The purchase is part of Salisbury  Bank's  strategic  initiative  to enhance its
market share in the tri-state area.

                                     (cont.)



Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.'s sole subsidiary,  Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, is
a Connecticut  chartered  commercial  bank.  The Company has assets in excess of
$560 million and capital in excess of $52 million and serves the  communities of
northwestern   Connecticut   and   proximate   communities   in  New   York  and
Massachusetts, which it has done for approximately 160 years. Salisbury Bank and
Trust  Company is  headquartered  in  Lakeville,  Connecticut  and operates full
service branches in Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon and 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.

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