Exhibit 99.1
                                                     Press Release dated 6-30-09

                     FIRST LITCHFIELD FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                 13 North Street, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

          First Litchfield Financial Corporation Declares Cash Dividend

Litchfield,  Connecticut--June  30, 2009--At their June 30 meeting, the Board of
Directors of First  Litchfield  Financial  Corporation  (trading symbol FLFL.OB)
(the  "Company"),  the holding company for The First National Bank of Litchfield
(the  "Bank"),  declared a quarterly  cash  dividend  of five cents  ($0.05) per
share.  The dividend will be paid on July 31, 2009 to  shareholders of record on
July 15, 2009.

Statements  contained in this news release  contain  forward-looking  statements
within the  meaning of the  Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of management as well
as the  assumption  made using  information  currently  available to management.
Since these statements reflect the views of management concerning future events,
these statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions,  including, among
others:  changes in market  interest  rates and  general and  regional  economic
conditions; changes in government regulations; changes in accounting principles;
and the quality or composition  of the loan and investment  portfolios and other
factors that may be described in the  Company's  quarterly  reports on Form 10-Q
and its annual report on Form 10-K,  each filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  which are  available at the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission's
internet website (www.sec.gov) and to which reference is hereby made. Therefore,
actual future  results may differ  significantly  from results  discussed in the
forward-looking statements.

                                 About the Bank

One of the oldest nationally  chartered banks in the country, The First National
Bank of Litchfield has served the communities of northwestern  Connecticut since
1814. It has nine full-service  offices in Canton,  Goshen,  Litchfield,  Marble
Dale, New Milford, Roxbury, Washington and two in Torrington. The Bank maintains
a full-service Trust department that offers asset management, custody and estate
settlement  services  to  individuals,   non-profit  and  commercial  customers.
Additionally,  the Bank offers  non-deposit  retail investment  products such as
mutual  funds,  annuities and insurance  through its  relationship  with Infinex
Investments,  Inc. The Bank's subsidiary,  First Litchfield Leasing Corporation,
provides middle-market equipment  leasing/financing to the commercial markets of
Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Company's website address is www.fnbl.com.
Contact:   Joseph J. Greco, President and CEO, (860) 567-6438

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