The Ellsworth American is a locally owned and managed weekly newspaper serving Hancock County, Maine.

The Ellsworth American and its sister paper The Mount Desert Islander in 2012 employed a combined staff of 55.

Departments include news, advertising, internet, circulation, administration, accounting, creative services and the press and mail room.

In January 1991, Wiggins sold the paper to current publisher Alan Baker, who joined The American staff in 1986.

The Senate passed a legislative sentiment honoring The American as a locally owned and managed paper and the second oldest weekly newspaper in Maine.

"With today’s trend of media consolidation, having a hometown newspaper like The Ellsworth American remain under local ownership and control is rare and wonderful," state Sen. Brian Langley (R-Hancock County) said at the time.