By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net Re-post from 2012.
Here is a short movie, produced by documentary filmmaker David Layton in 2011. It’s offered in celebration (and, OK, self-congratulation) of our half-millionth visitor to Blogfinger. And also in tribute to a town we love.
It’s been 13 years since this movie was made by Charles Layton’s son David, a professional documentarian. 2011 was only two years since we began this experiment in small, small town journalism.
It was a great privilege for me to have Charles Layton and Mary Walton join the Blogfinger staff. They both had been professional journalists from the Philadelphia Inquirer, and I learned so much from them.
Some years ago the Walton-Laytons moved back to the big city (Philadelphia.) They, of course, are irreplaceable, and that’s how it’s been here since they left, except, by February. 2025, Blogfinger has received nearly 5 million hits, and the Walton-Laytons left over 10 years ago.
THE STYLISTICS:
Hmm. Small scale. A good way to go.
Thank you for showing this short film from 10 years ago. I enjoyed the reporting and especially appreciated liked seeing the fishing pier intact, and the
clips of town and the beach. It captured the folksy ambience of OG..