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Aquinnah select board member Gary Haley is appealing a decision by the state Ethics Commission that he violated the state’s conflict of interest law by doing work for the town and then approving payment to himself. Haley’s appeal was filed in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston because that’s the commission’s “usual place of business.” […]

The state Ethics Commission ruled an Aquinnah official violated conflict of interest rules approving a $17,000 invoice for his own electrical work.

The Aquinnah select board reached a consensus to have a final draft of the leases for lots on Aquinnah Cliffs by January during a Tuesday afternoon meeting.  The board had two leases, one for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and another for individual leaseholders, who are also tribal members. However, a tribe council […]

The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved a shared-use agreement for Vern Welch’s Menemsha dock lease with the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group during a Thursday afternoon meeting. After the vote, The Times questioned whether board chair Juli Vanderhoop should have disclosed her relationship with the shellfish group before voting. Vanderhoop is listed as vice president of […]

An Aquinnah select board member was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for choosing himself to do town work and then approving the payment he received from the town, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the state panel. Gary Haley, who could not immediately be reached for comment on the decision, had maintained […]

The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission took closing arguments in the matter over Aquinnah select board member Gary Haley under advisement during a Thursday, Sept. 8, meeting.  Haley was in Boston for the closing arguments.  In May of 2021, the ethics commission accused Haley, a master electrician, of allegedly overbilling the town of Aquinnah for electrical […]

The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank and having board chair Juli Vanderhoop sign it during a Wednesday, Sept. 7, meeting. Board member Gary Haley was absent from the meeting for an unspecified reason.  Sarah Thulin, the Land Bank’s Aquinnah commissioner, presented the agreement to […]

During a Tuesday meeting, the Aquinnah select board unanimously approved town clerk Gabriella Camilleri’s request to have a police presence during the state primary and state elections, which take place at the town hall from 7 am to 8 pm on September 6 and November 8 respectively. The officer would also stay during the vote […]

The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved enforcing dock leases in Menemsha after learning some leaseholders hadn’t signed their leases. Leaseholders received a waiver on their fees in 2020 because of COVID, but the three-year Menemsha dock leases increased last August from $400 to $750, with an annual $100 fee increase until it reaches $950. “Last […]

Updated 2:29 pm The Aquinnah select board asked for better communication from Aquinnah harbormaster and shellfish warden Brian (“Chip”) Vanderhoop regarding boat permits during a Tuesday meeting.  “There [were] a number of people who talked about the skiffs at Red Beach, the number of skiffs at Red Beach [in West Basin], and the number that […]