UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    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): December 5, 2008
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                     FIRST LITCHFIELD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                Delaware             0-28815          06-1241321
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     State or other Jurisdiction   (Commission      (IRS Employer
            of Incorporation)      File Number)   Identification No.)

      13 North Street, Litchfield, Connecticut          06759
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)        (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (860) 567-8752
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                                       N/A
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Section 8.  Other Events
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         Item 8.01 Other Events.
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         A. The Board of  Directors  of the  Company  declared a $0.15 per share
quarterly  cash dividend at a meeting held December 5, 2008.  The quarterly cash
dividend will be paid on January 30, 2009 to  shareholders  of record on January
7, 2009.

Section 9.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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         Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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         (a) Not applicable.
         (b) Not applicable.
         (c) Exhibits.
               99.1  Press release dated December 5, 2008.


                                   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 hereto duly authorized.


                                          FIRST LITCHFIELD FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                          By:  /s/ CARROLL A. PEREIRA
                                                   Carroll A. Pereira
                                                   Treasurer

Dated:  December 5, 2008