Hull Select Board Approves Half-Hour Tipsy Tuna Extension, Tables Light Plant Petition Vote

HULL -- June 10, 2026, Hull Select Board grants Tipsy Tuna a half-hour entertainment extension and advances parking-fine legislation. The board voted 3-1 Wednesday to extend the Tipsy Tuna's entertainment license at 276 Nantasket Avenue by a half hour beyond existing approved hours for live music, karaoke, and DJ entertainment, rejecting the business's request for up to two additional hours after neighbors described persistent late-night bass noise. In a joint session with the Hull Municipal Light Board, the board deferred a vote on transmitting the Article 40 home rule petition, which would restructure light plant governance, to its June 24 meeting, with Town Counsel Brian Winner directed to prepare a draft transmittal letter in advance; Light Board Chair Tom Burns reported his board had voted 4-1 to advance the article. A Weston and Sampson presentation on a conceptual 37,000-square-foot joint DPW-HMLP facility, designed to withstand projected flood levels, drew questions from both boards about whether the existing Municipal Light Plant site at 15 Edgewater Road could be rehabilitated at a fraction of the cost. The board unanimously approved H4247, authorizing a parking-fine schedule up to $100, and a one-day alcohol license for the Nantasket Beach Salt Water Club's Blessing of the Fleet on June 27 at Mariners Park.