Exhibit 5.1


                                                                  August 7, 2008

The Board of Directors
Salisbury Bancorp, Inc.
5 Bissell Street
P.O. Box 1868 Lakeville, CT 06039-1868

         Re:      Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Registration Statement of Form S-3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We are counsel to Salisbury  Bancorp,  Inc., a Connecticut  Corporation
with its principal office in Lakeville,  Connecticut  (the "Company"),  and have
acted as such in  connection  with the  registration  statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration  Statement")  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
relating  to the  proposed  offering  of up to 100,000  shares of the  Company's
Common  Stock,  par value  $0.10 per share  (the  "Common  Stock")  to  eligible
employees and  shareholders  of the Company  pursuant to the Company's  Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").

         During the course of our representation,  and in rendering our opinion,
we have  reviewed  such  documents  as we have deemed  necessary or advisable to
render the  opinions  stated  herein,  and,  in  connection  therewith,  we have
examined  originals  or  copies,  authenticated  to  our  satisfaction,  of  the
following:  (i) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; (ii) the Bylaws
of the Company;  (iii) the Plan;  (iv)  resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the  Company;  (v)  the  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3 of  the  Company
registering shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Plan; and
(vi) such other  documents  and  instruments  as we have  deemed  necessary  for
purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of
all  signatures,  the legal capacity of natural  persons,  the  authenticity  of
documents submitted to us as originals,  the conformity to original documents of
all  documents   submitted  to  us  as  certified  or  photostatic  copies,  the
authenticity  of the  originals  of such latter  documents,  the validity of all
applicable statutes and regulations, the legal authority and the capacity of all
persons  executing  documents  and proper  indexing  and  accuracy of all public
records and documents. As to any facts material to this opinion which we did not
independently   establish  or  verify,   we  have  relied  upon  statements  and
representations  of  officers  and other  representatives  of the  Company.  The
opinions set forth herein are based on the laws of the State of  Connecticut  as
the same exist on the date hereof, and no opinion is expressed as to the laws of
any other jurisdiction.



         Based  upon the  foregoing,  we are of the  opinion  that the shares of
Common  Stock of the  Company  that will be issued  pursuant to the terms of the
Plan  will be duly  and  validly  authorized,  legally  issued,  fully  paid and
non-assessable.

         The opinions  expressed  herein are made as of the date hereof pursuant
to the  requirements  of  Regulation  S-K, Item 601, of the SEC in regard to the
shares being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement  and to the  references  to us under the caption  "Legal
Matters" in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.

                                               Sincerely,

                                               /s/ Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney

                                               CRANMORE, FITZGERALD & MEANEY