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Exhibit
23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-135035 and
333-136875) of New England Bancshares, Inc., of our report dated June 10, 2010,
on the consolidated balance sheets of New England Bancshares, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the
years then ended, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for New England
Bancshares, Inc. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY,
P.C.
West
Peabody, Massachusetts
June 24,
2010