The Dukes County charter study commission will meet Thursday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. in the Oak Bluffs Senior Center to begin discussing specific options for county governance, and possible functions and services of a future county government. The public is invited to attend.

Seven possible options are under consideration. The charter commission expects to begin narrowing the options in early November. The options range from leaving county government as is with no changes at all, to abolishing county government with no replacement.

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Monday, Oct. 22: Macaroni casserole with meat or vegetarian, sliced oranges and milk.

Tuesday, Oct. 23: Mexican chicken or vegetable soup, tortilla chips, salsa con Queso, fruit smoothie and milk.

Wednesday, Oct. 24: Sandwiches (ham and cheese, egg salad or veggie burger with cheese), sweet potato fries, pineapple and milk.

Thursday, Oct. 25: Pizza (plain cheese, pepperoni or roasted vegetable), tossed salad, fresh fruit and milk.

A key subcommittee of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted unanimously on Monday to recommend that the controversial three-story garage built by Joseph G. Moujabber in Oak Bluffs without a proper permit three years ago should be reviewed by the full commission as a development of regional impact (DRI).

The vote by the commission’s land use planning committee sets the stage for a comprehensive public review of the project which has been dubbed Garage Mahal by critics.

Barbara Prada, the Edgartown animal control officer, has been fielding some strange calls this summer. So when she submitted her quarterly report to the Edgartown selectmen on Monday, the board had a few questions ready.

Selectmen: “Are you trying to kid us here?”

Ms. Prada: “No, someone actually called.”

Selectmen: “Was it a mountain lion?”

Ms. Prada: “No, she called back a few hours later to say. ‘I saw it again and it’s actually not a mountain lion’.”

A motorist traveling outbound on Main street in Edgartown crashed into a landscaping truck yesterday, driving up and over a trailer attached to the truck, damaging both vehicles.

Nancy Ambrose, 75, was driving her 1997 Toyota Rav4 northbound on Upper Main street when she rear-ended a truck from Anthony’s Landscaping in front of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank headquarters, police said.

Ms. Ambrose’s vehicle drove up on top of a trailer used for hauling lawn mowers attached to the rear of the truck and came to rest in midair.

A body that washed ashore in Edgartown harbor earlier this year is expected to be identified as a Brazilian carpenter who went missing over 18 months ago, state police said this week.

State police Sgt. Jeff Stone said investigators believe the body found on a small stretch of beach at the end of Morse street on April 16 was Renato Gomes Da Rocha, a 48-year-old Brazilian national who disappeared from the Island without trace in April of 2006.