**Exhibit 31.1**

CERTIFICATIONS

Certification requirements set forth in Section 302(a) ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

I, Neil H. Ellis, certify that:

| 1.     | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q ofFirst Hartford Corporation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report;                |
| 3.     | Based onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,the years presented in this quarterly report;                                |
| 4.     | Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant andhave: |
|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared; |
|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles; |
|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and |
|   | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant's internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5.     | The registrant's other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions);                                     |
|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant		role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |

Date: March 17, 2006 

By:/s/  Neil H. Ellis                     Neil H. Ellis      President