UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  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):  May 4, 2005


                           SLADE'S FERRY BANCORP.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Massachusetts                000-23904              04-3061936
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)            File Number)         Identification No.)

     100 Slade's Ferry Avenue, PO Box 390, Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
             (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (508) 675-2121

                               Not Applicable
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD

      Slade's Ferry Bancorp. issued a press release on May 4, 2005 
reporting that the presentation to be made at its annual meeting of 
shareholders on May 11, 2005 would be available as a live webcast, and 
indefinitely thereafter, at www.sladesferry.com.  A copy of that press 
release is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (c)   The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

      Exhibit No.     Description
      -----------     -----------

         99.1         Press release dated May 4, 2005.





                                 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.

                                       SLADES FERRY BANCORP.
                                       (Registrant)

                                By:    /s/ Deborah A. McLaughlin
                                       ------------------------------------
                                Name:  Deborah A. McLaughlin
                                Title: Treasurer/Vice President and Chief 
                                       Financial Officer

Date: May 5, 2005





                                EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.     Description
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    99.1        Press release dated May 4, 2005.