2008-07-10 23:56:11 -

- New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: "NHTB"), has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of thirteen cents ($0.13) per share payable July 31, 2008, to shareholders of record as of July 24, 2008.

New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (NHTB) is the parent company of Lake Sunapee Bank, fsb, a federally-chartered stock savings bank providing a wide range of banking and financial services through twenty-nine offices strategically located in west-central New Hampshire and central Vermont.

New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc.
Stephen R. Theroux, 603-863-0886
President