Tom Barton covers breaking news for The Island Packet. He is a Davenport, Iowa, native and 2007 graduate of Iowa State University. Before coming to the Island Packet he worked as a reporter at The Des Moines Register. He moved to Bluffton in July 2010. | 
Brian Heffernan covers the Town of Hilton Head Island for The Island Packet. He is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. | Candidates wishing to run for one of four seats on the Hilton Head Public Service District Commission in the Nov. 6 general election must file by noon on Aug. 15.
Voters will elect candidates to two seats in PSD voting district 4 and one seat each in voting districts 3 and 2. Candidates are elected to four-year terms and must live within the district for which they are running. The election is nonpartisan.
Voting district 4 includes the Hilton Head Plantation area. District 3 includes the Port Royal Plantation and Palmetto Hall areas, and district 2 includes the Indigo Run and Spanish Wells areas.
The commission serves as the policy-making body for Hilton Head PSD, one of three public drinking water, wastewater treatment and reclaimed water utilities on the island, serving more than 18,000 customers in the north- and mid-island areas of Hilton Head Island.
Candidates can pick up their candidacy form at the PSD Customer Service Center at 21 Oak Park Drive, off Mathews Drive, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Details: Contact Pete Nardi, PSD community relations manager, at 843-681-0525 or info@hhpsd.com.