Ocean City elects new mayor for first time in 20 years

OCEAN CITY, Md. (WBFF) — Ocean City voters have elected a new mayor for the first time in two decades.

Matt James unseated longtime mayor Rick Meehan by a narrow margin. The Ocean City Board of Supervisors Elections announced Tuesday night that James received 1,438 votes compared to 1,136 for Meehan.

James previously served as the Ocean City Council president since 2020 and first joined the council in 2014.

Meehan had served as mayor since 2006 after 14 years on the Ocean City Council.

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The newly elected City Council members are Billy Apostolou, Larry Noccolino and Carol Proctor.

Apostolou received 1,596 votes, Noccolino received 1,457 votes and Proctor received 1,819 votes. Wayne Johnson also ran for council and received 1,001 votes.

The mayor and the new council members will join incumbent council members for an organizational meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

At that meeting, the Council members are set to elect a Council President and Council Secretary.