LB2012.17.379

LB2012.17.379

Roadway to Monhegan harbor bordered by lobster traps and a small power cruiser with Maine Registration # ME10128. Sign below bow set in pile of lobster traps " Martin Meltz Photography of Monhegan.". Marty Meltz, who reviewed movies for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram for 30 years, died Wednesday in Hendersonville, North Carolina, surrounded by family and friends. He was 81. A former resident of Lubec, Meltz moved to North Carolina last year after his health started to decline. His daughter, Mindi Friedwald, lives in Bat Cave, North Carolina. During his many years as a film critic for the Portland newspapers, Meltz wrote hundreds of movie reviews that people from across the state often read before paying the price of admission. Marty Meltz was born in Philadelphia, attended Temple University and the University of Pennsylvannia. After graduation he worked as an accountant, taught high school math and served as a high school cheerleading coach. Meltz met his wife in Philadelphia through Operation Match - the nation's first computer dating service. In the early years of their married life, Meltz and his wife spent their summers on Monhegan Island, where he operated his own gallery featuring fine art scenic photography. His original, hand-processed, limited edition photography was widely published in New England journals, purchased by Bowdoin College's art museum and exhibited across the state as well as in New York City. His love of Maine convinced him that they should move here permanently. The couple moved to Harpswell in 1970.