UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)      August 23,2005

Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Connecticut

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

000-49784	06-1609692
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
215 Church Street
New Haven, Connecticut	06510
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(203) 782-1100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1—Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits

Section 1: Registrants Business and Operations 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On August 23, 2005, Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX:SSE) (“Bancorp”) issued a press release indicating that Mr. John H. Howland will become Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of both Bancorp and The Bank of Southern Connecticut, Bancorp’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Bank”), effective September 7, 2005. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Mr. Howland will be responsible for regulatory matters and day-to-day operations for Bancorp and the Bank.

Mr. Howland, age 40, is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law. He was formerly a Director-Investment Banking, Financial Institutions Department for A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts until 2003.

Bancorp anticipates that an employment agreement will be executed between Bancorp and Mr. Howland, at which time the material terms of that agreement will be disclosed.

The information contained in this Item 5.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information set forth in Item 5.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)	Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired:
	Not applicable.
(b)	Pro Forma Financial Information:
	Not applicable.
(c)	Exhibits:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release of Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. dated August 23, 2005, reporting that Mr. John H. Howland will be Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of both Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. and The Bank of Southern Connecticut.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 30, 2005 SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT BANCORP, INC.     By: /s/ Michael M. Ciaburri Name: Michael M. Ciaburri Title: Director, President & Chief Operating Officer