Aquinnah selectmen voted Wednesday to send a letter to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), requesting a public meeting to discuss the bingo hall now under construction.

Aquinnah selectmen have asked Martha’s Vineyard Commission to exercise its authority under its enabling act and review the proposed bingo hall as a development of regional impact (DRI).

Young activists and old issues held sway at the Aquinnah selectmen’s meeting Tuesday evening, with students promoting a town meeting warrant article to ban the sale of plastic water bottles and discussion of funding for the county sheriff.

A longstanding heated legal dispute over a small fishing shack in Menemsha came to the fore at the Aquinnah selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday.

An exchange of correspondence has begun between Aquinnah selectmen and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) over the tribe’s planned class II gambling facility in the town.

Aquinnah selectmen sent a letter to the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) this week requesting a meeting to discuss the bingo hall.

Aquinnah selectmen met briefly in executive session with their police chief Randhi Belain Wednesday morning as a personnel matter.

Sparks flew between the Aquinnah selectmen and the town assessors Tuesday when the two boards met to take up an appointment and other matters.

Aquinnah selectmen appointed Kimberly Andrade as the new animal control officer last week.

Taylor and Sarah Ives, and James and Nancy Benoit won the right to buy affordable homes in a lottery held by the Aquinnah selectmen Tuesday.