Deputy Mayor Lorraine Baldwin

Lorraine Baldwin was appointed to City Council at the Reorganisation Meeting January 1, 2021. She spent her childhood summers on the corner of Beach Drive and Jackson Street – home of the 50-cent Hot Dogs, which her parents, the late John Clark (Clarky)  and Mimi Morris owned. Her parents were prominent members of Cape May’s business community. They owned several businesses, among them, Clark’s Restaurant, Clark’s Bike Rental, Clark’s Hot Dogs and Frozen Cokes and Mimi’s Summer Casuals.

Lorraine Baldwin currently works as a Case Manager/Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant at Ocean City School District. She holds a BA as well as a Master’s degree from Rowan University and an Educational Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership Ed.S. from Seton Hall.

She served on the Dennis Township Planning Board for 20 years (Mayor’s designee for four years and a Class 1 member for 16 years). She served on the Dennis Township Environmental Commission for six years. She was a member of the Dennis Township School Board for three years and served as secretary for the Dennis Township Zoning/Planning Board for one year. For ten years, Mrs. Baldwin served as the South Seaville Camp Meeting Real Estate secretary and served on the South Seaville Board of Directors. She was a Girl Scout leader for nine years and Boy Scout Troop 56 Committee member for five years.

She has been married to Pete Baldwin for 32 years. They lived in Cape May County, Dennis Township for 23 years, where they raised their two children, Drew and Ashley. She has always considered Cape May her home. She and her husband moved back to the island after their children were in college.

Lorraine grew up with sand in her flip flops and never quite got rid of the grains.