The Ellsworth American is a local newspaper from Ellsworth, Maine.
Thomas N. Schroth, former editor of The Brooklyn Eagle and Congressional Quarterly and founder of the National Journal, served as editor of The Ellsworth American from 1972 until 1977, while it was owned by his father-in-law, James Russell Wiggins, who had been managing editor of The Washington Post and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[1]