Goodale’s Pit, the longtime family-owned earth mining business in Oak Bluffs, does not need to be reviewed by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact, a key commission subcommittee decided Monday.

In every community there are people who have different experiences, who are unique and yet similar. We live side by side with each other, but how much do we know about our neighbors? Most of the people I spoke to for this piece are well known to me, and yet I did not know their stories. We all have a story, sometimes known only to ourselves.

In the end, it came down to a shoe box full of microcassettes, 75 interviews, two years of research and a lifetime of listening to Let It Be, Déjà Vu, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Sweet Baby James.

Two Oak Bluffs families are in the early stages of planning a housing development that would see 61 houses built on 68 acres on two adjoining lots off Barnes Road, if they can win approval from the town and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. Oraibi Voumard and Davio Danielson, whose families own the two lots, appeared before a receptive town planning board on May 13 to propose in theory the project which would be the first development to test the town’s flexible zoning bylaw approved by voters in 2003.

Ready for the 150th Agricultural Fair? A reminder that this year there is an early deadline for some special entries. Forms are available at the Ag Hall in West Tisbury; there is a box of them on the porch, with all the information about special entries and entering the special parade set for Tuesday, August 16. The deadline for parade and special entries is June 1. The fair theme this year is Timeless Traditions.