This weekend your friends and neighbors from around the Island will gather on stage for the Island Community Chorus’s annual holiday concert.

Children and adults alike donned reindeer antlers and gathered outside, clasping cups of hot chocolate and waiting for the tree lighting and an appearance by Santa.

Edgartown firefighters responded Wednesday to a smoky, stubborn house fire at 38 Pinehurst Road. Smoke drifted out of roof vents and open windows as firefighters searched for the source.

The embattled manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has resigned, formally severing his contract and ending months of acrimony and legal tussles with the airport commission. A severance agreement has been approved.

Two new municipal funds in Aquinnah will support the burial of power lines at the Circle and a new boardwalk over the dunes at Philbin Beach. Voters at a special town meeting in November had approved funds for the projects.