John F. Perotti, chairman and chief executive officer of both Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. and its parent, Salisbury Bancorp, will retire from that post June 8, a date that coincides with the expiration of his term as president of the Connecticut Community Bankers Association.

The Connecticut tax department is urging people who owe back state taxes to participate in an upcoming tax amnesty program.

Battered U.S. stocks looked set to start 2009 with some gains as investors focused on the incoming administration's stimulus plan to kick-start the world's biggest economy.