Alex Kryska will begin his new job as Steamship Authority general manager in January at an annual salary of $225,000, the boat line board of directors announced this week.

A divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 8-7 Thursday to approve plans for the Ocean View Hotel, a 26-room seasonal hotel in East Chop with an additional apartment for the manager and two dormitory rooms for up to eight employees.

The long-fought campaign to renovate and expand Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is advancing to a decisive state-set milestone this month, with Dec. 18 the deadline to submit schematic designs and cost estimates to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

The Island Community Chorus brings its latest holiday concerts to the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown this weekend, with performances Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is in the market for a new principal, after school officials announced this week that interim principal Sean Mulvey will return to the school’s counseling department next year.

The Lost History of Innisfail exhibit is filled with artifacts and images telling the story of how an unsuccessful 1870s subdivision in Vineyard Haven became a summer enclave for touring opera stars, before it burned to the ground in 1906.