Sea Isle City installed Mary Tighe, the first female city council president, in the town's history on July 1. According to an article in the Cape May County Herald,

In the past, Sea Isle has had one female commissioner, however since voters chose a Mayor/Council form of government in 2007, Tighe has been the sole female elected official working for the resort, and she continues to serve as one of the original five council members who were first elected to office when the change of government took place three years ago.

Tighe is replacing City Council President Bill Kehner, who will continue to serve the community as a regular council member. Typically, council presidents serve one year terms before passing the baton to their successors, and the council vice-presidency is changed every three months.

A graduate from Radford University in Virginia, where she earned a B.S.N. and also a minor degree in psychology, Tighe currently works at Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House, where she is a member of the Medical-Surgical unit. She is a member of Cape May County’s SANE Program, where she assists sexual abuse victims, and she is an independent contractor for the county coroner’s office. In her spare time, Tighe is also a board member for the Yacht Club of Sea Isle City.

“I look forward to continually providing an open and transparent government, and working with the community to help make Sea Isle City the best place to live and work,” said the new council president. “We have an aggressive capital plan with many positive projects that will further make the town more appealing to visitors and residents alike. There are many new and exciting prospects on our horizon.”

Seawinds would like to congratulate Mary Tighe on her new position. We wish you the best of luck!

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Construction is set to begin Tuesday on the Cape May County's newest branch in Sea Isle City. The project is expected to cost $5.5 million dollars. According to an article in the Press of Atlantic City,

The construction is part of a plan to build new libraries in two of Cape May County's most affluent municipalities: Sea Isle City and Stone Harbor.

Each of the two municipalities pays about $1.4 million per year in library taxes, for a combined third of the county library system's revenue, Cape May County Library Director Deborah Poillon said Friday.

"They both contribute a good deal of tax dollars to the county library system, and we want to keep them in the system to keep the whole system healthy," Poillon said. "I look at this as an investment."

The decision to build new library branches to replace small buildings in both municipalities came several years after Avalon - the previous highest library-tax contributor — left the county system to build its own library, taking with it a large chunk of revenue.

Officials expect the construction to be completed by June 2011.