A key subcommittee of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Monday started a review of the three-story garage built without a permit by Oak Bluffs resident Joseph G. Moujabber along the North Bluffs in 2003.

After a slew of lawsuits and appeals, it was the first time in years that the much-maligned project has undergone any kind of public review.

Cape and Islands state representative Eric Turkington plans to file nomination papers this week for election as the register of Barnstable county family and probate court.

Mr. Turkington said he will not seek reelection on Nov. 4 to the state house seat he has held for nearly 20 years. He will serve the remainder of his legislative term, which expires in early January 2009.

You could hardly accuse the drafters of the town of Tisbury’s Municipal Needs Assessment of understating the town’s planning problems.

“All the town’s major public buildings,” including the fire department, police and ambulance services, town hall and annex, says the first of the report’s findings, “are in a poor location and/or poor condition.”

A bill to establish a housing bank to fund affordable housing on the Island has cleared the Massachusetts House and is before the state Senate for consideration after failing in the House two years ago.

Rep. Eric Turkington, who represents the Vineyard, said this week he is heartened by the favorable vote by the House finance committee to create the fund, now before the Senate, that could create $2 million a year in affordable housing funds for the Island.

Dr. Jeffrey W. Winter has been called as the new pastor of Faith Community Church in Edgartown. He follows the Rev. Ken Campbell who served this church for nine years.

On Sunday, Feb. 10, Mr. Winter was installed as the new pastor at Faith Community Church, 316 Meetinghouse Way, Edgartown.

Mr. Winter, an ordained Presbyterian Church USA pastor, is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Seminary in South Hamilton and McCormick Seminary in Chicago.

An unusual goose resides at Elisha Smith’s farm in Oak Bluffs: a goose who thinks she is a cow.

In the normal world of farm animals, species stick together. The cows hang with the cows, the chickens move together in a wave across the field, and the geese fly into the barn and out together, as a flock.

In this case, one goose will have nothing to do with the other geese. This seven or eight-year-old Toulouse goose has identified herself in a manner quite unlike her kind. She hangs with the cows and shows particular affection for one of them.

Tisbury selectmen this week completed town beer and wine regulations should residents vote at the ballot in April to approve such alcohol sales.

The regulations — which would govern licensed eateries and the application process — were finished after a long road of review over the winter.

Selectmen finished their 17-page document Tuesday afternoon in a two-hour meeting that included a public hearing at the Katharine Cornell Theatre. The regulations will be available Monday at town hall.

Despite some strong goaltending and many power play opportunities — including four in the final period alone — the boys’ hockey team on Wednesday could not figure out the swarming defense of the Sandwich Knights and lost 3-1 in the second round of the Division II south sectional finals at Gallo Ice Arena.

The Aquinnah selectmen moved this week to take remedial action at the town library for public safety.

On Tuesday night, the selectmen passed a motion to pay engineer Kent Healy $200 for a thorough inspection, which is expected to confirm the need for emergency repairs.

If so, the board pledged to raise $50,000 immediately for repairs to the foundation and a floor that has reportedly sunk 10 inches in recent years.

A special town meeting would be held in mid-April to request taxpayer authorization for the repairs.

Miller Becomes Specialist

Elaine T. Miller of Sandpiper Realty Inc. in Edgartown has earned the seniors real estate specialist designation, which focuses on educating realtors to serve real estate buyers and sellers who are aged 55 and older.