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              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

                   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
             Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the
                       Investment Company Act of 1940

                          (Print or Type Responses)


                                                                                     
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                               to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Bernardo, Jr.  Edward                       Slade's Ferry Bancorp-SFBC                     [ ]  Director        [ ]  10% Owner
                                                                                               [X]  Officer (give title below)
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    (Last)        (First)       (Middle)    3.  I.R.S. Identi-    4.  Statement for            Vice President/Treasurer-Bank
                                                fication Number       Month/Day/Year           Treasurer-Bancorp
    138 Main Street Apt #9                      of Reporting            4/23/2003          ---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------       Person, if an     ----------------------   7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing
    (Street)                                    entity            5.  If Amendment,            (Check Applicable Line)
                                                (Voluntary)           Date of Original     [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
    Fairhaven         MA        02719                                 (Month/Day/Year)     [ ] Form filed by More than One
                                                012-42-6694                                    Reporting Person
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    (City)            (State)   (Zip)




Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                                
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1. Title of Security |2. Trans-  |2A. Deemed  |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of   |6. Ownership  |7. Nature of
   (Instr. 3)        |   action  |    Execu-  |   action |   or Disposed of (D)      |   Securities  |   Form:      |   Indirect
                     |   Date    |    tion    |   Code   |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)     |   Beneficially|   Direct (D) |   Beneficial
                     |           |    Date, if|   (Instr.|                           |   Owned       |   or In-     |   Ownership
                     |           |    any     |   8)     |                           |   Following   |   direct (I) |   (Instr. 4)
                     |   (Month/ |    (Month/ |          |                           |   Reported    |   (Instr. 4) |
                     |   Day/    |    Day/    |__________|___________________________|   Transactions|              |
                     |   Year)   |    Year)   |Code    V |  Amount    (A)or    Price |   (Instr. 3   |              |
                     |           |            |          |             (D)           |   and 4)      |              |
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Common Stock; $.01   |           |            |          |                           |               |              |
 par value           |   1/24/03 |            |  J     V |    2.733     A      13.95 |               |       D      |
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Common Stock; $.01   |           |            |          |                           |               |              |
 par value           |   4/18/03 |            |  J     V |    2.645     A      14.50 |      428.875  |       D      |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
           (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                                                         
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1.Title of |2.Conver-|3.Trans-|3A.Deemed|4.Trans-|5.Number of |6.Date Exer-|7.Title and Amount|8.Price |9.Number |10.Own-|11.Nature
Derivative |sion or  |action  |Execution|action  |Derivative  |cisable and |of Underlying Se- |of Deri-|of Deriv-|ership |of In-
Security   |Exercise |Date    |Date, if |Code    |Securities  |Expiration  |curities          |vative  |ative    |Form of|direct
(Instr. 3) |Price of |(Month  |any      |(Instr. |Acquired (A)|Date        |(Instr. 3 and 4)  |Security|Securi-  |Deriva-|Benefi-
           |Deri-    |Day/    |(Month/  |8)      |or Disposed |(Month/Day  |                  |(Instr. |ties     |tive   |cial
           |vative   |Year)   |Day/Year)|        |of (D)      |Year)       |                  |5)      |Bene-    |Securi-|Owner-
           |Security |        |         |        |(Instr. 3,  |            |                  |        |ficially |ty: Di-|ship
           |         |        |         |        |4 and 5)    |            |                  |        |Owned    |rect   |Instr.
           |         |        |         |        |            |            |                  |        |Follow-  |(D)    |4)
           |         |        |         |        |            |            |                  |        |ing      |or In- |
           |         |        |         |________|____________|____________|__________________|        |Reported |direct |
           |         |        |                  |            |Date        |                  |        |Trans-   |(I)    |
           |         |        |         |        |            |Exer- Expir-|        Amount or |        |action(s)|(Instr.|
           |         |        |         |        |            |cis-  ation |        Number of |        |(Instr.  |4)     |
           |         |        |         |Code  V | (A)    (D) |able  Date  |Title   Shares    |        |4)       |       |
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           |         |        |         |        |            |            |Common            |        |         |       |
           |         |        |         |        |            |            |Stock             |        |         |       |
Option     |         |        |         |        |            |            |($.01
(right to  |         |        |         |        |            |4/10/  4/9/ |par               |        |         |       |
buy        |  $10.00 | 4/9/03 |         | M      |        10  |  00     05 |value     1,000   |  14.20 |         |   D   |
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           |         |        |         |        |            |            |Common            |        |         |       |
           |         |        |         |        |            |            |Stock             |        |         |       |
Option     |         |        |         |        |            |            |($.01
(right to  |         |        |         |        |            |4/10/  4/9/ |par               |        |         |       |
buy        |  $ 9.50 | 4/9/03 |         | M      |        15  |  01     06 |value     1,500   |  14.20 |     0   |   D   |
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Explanation of Responses:
M    Exercise of stock appreciation rights
J    Dividend Reinvestment


                           /s/ Edward Bernardo                     4/23/03
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                           /s/ Isola A. Anctil
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