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Ferguson to face challenger, Heitzke will not run in Hilton Head council election

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Coligny Concept Plan <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/42038">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">721 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/42031"> Coligny improvements, Chaplin Linear Park & mall redevelopment on town agendas </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 5:30 pm, Friday, August 3rd, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>MONDAY, Aug. 6<br /> <a href="http://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/government/mtgcalendar/index.cfm?action=edit&meetingid=838&viewas=41127">Public Safety Committee</a>: 10 a.m., Council Chambers, 1 Town Center Court<br /> Agenda: 2nd Quarter 2012 crime statistics presented by Capt. Toby McSwain with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office</p> <p><a href="http://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/government/mtgcalendar/index.cfm?action=edit&meetingid=1054&viewas=41127">Special Town Council meeting</a>: 5 p.m., Council Chambers, 1 Town Center Court</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/42031">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">898 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/42029"> Ron Paul to appear at Davis campaign fundraiser </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 10:18 am, Friday, August 3rd, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>Republican presidential candidate and Libertarian stalwart <a href="http://www.ronpaul2012.com/">Ron Paul</a> will stump for state <a href=”http://senatortomdavis.com/”>Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort,</a> next week.</p> <p>The Texas congressman is scheduled to meet with Davis supporters during a fundraiser Monday in Columbia. Davis is seeking re-election to a second term representing Beaufort County.</p> <p>Davis endorsed Paul in South Carolina’s first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary Jan. 21.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/42029">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">1043 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/42003"> More lane closures scheduled for William Hilton Parkway </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 6:38 pm, Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>Traffic will be reduced to one lane on William Hilton Parkway (U.S. 278 Business) at the Village at Wexford and New Orleans Road and Wexford Drive and Shipyard Drive intersections beginning tomorrow night.</p> <p>The Town of Hilton Head Island will begin closing lanes at 7 p.m. Thursday to allow construction crews to install pavement markings for a new bicycle and pedestrian crosswalk on the parkway.</p> <p>All lanes will reopen by 7 a.m. Friday, according to the town.</p> <p>Traffic will be controlled through the work zone via signs, traffic control devices and flagman.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/42003">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">849 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/41992"> Community garden takes root on Hilton Head Island </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by saustin at 7:45 pm, Saturday, July 21st, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p><p></p></p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/41992">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">907 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/41985"> Westbound lane of William Hilton Parkway to close Friday </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 6:36 pm, Thursday, July 19th, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>Traffic headed off-island from Sea Pines Circle to New Orleans Road on William Hilton Parkway will be reduced to one lane tomorrow (Friday) morning beginning at 7 a.m.</p> <p>The outer lane of westbound traffic will close beginning 400 feet south of New Orleans Road, while construction crews lay asphalt for a right-turn lane on William Hilton Parkway at New Orleans Road.</p> <p>All westbound lanes will reopen at 10:30 a.m., according to the Town of Hilton Head Island.</p> <p>Traffic will be controlled through the work zone via signs, traffic control devices and flagmen.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/41985">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">840 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/41982"> Candidate filing opens for Hilton Head PSD commission; deadline is Aug. 15 </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 10:11 am, Thursday, July 19th, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/41982">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">793 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/41971"> House sustains Haley veto of money for Mitchelville </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 6:16 pm, Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p><a href="http://www.scstatehouse.gov/house.php">The S.C. House of Representatives</a> on Tuesday voted 49-62, sustaining <a href="http://governor.sc.gov/ExecutiveOffice/Pages/VetoMessages.aspx">Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of state spending</a> to preserve <a href="http://www.mitchelvillepreservationproject.com/">Mitchelville.</a></p> <p>Haley used her line-item veto to nix $200,000 from the 2012-13 state budget to help protect the 150-year-old site on Hilton Head Island, believed to be the nation’s first planned community for freed slaves. </p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/41971">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">726 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2> <a href="/41969"> Town looking to fill seat on BJWSA board </a> </h2> <div class="submitted"> Posted by tbarton at 12:18 pm, Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 </div> <div class="taxonomy"> Posted in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_30"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" class="active">Eye on Hilton Head</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="content"> <p></p><p>The Town of Hilton Head Island is seeking those interested in serving as its representative on the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority board of directors.</p> <p>Members are nominated by Beaufort County legislators, appointed by the governor and serve a six-year term.</p> <p>Board meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month.</p> <p>For more information and an application, visit the town’s website at <a href="http://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov" title="www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov">www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov</a> or call the town clerk at 843-341-4604.</p> <p>Use the “government” link, then click on “boards, committees, commissions” to fill out an application.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/41969">Read more</a></li> <li class="last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">731 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-first first"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead" title="Go to first page" class="active">« first</a></li> <li class="pager-previous"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=4" title="Go to previous page" class="active">‹ previous</a></li> <li class="pager-ellipsis">…</li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=1" title="Go to page 2" class="active">2</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=2" title="Go to page 3" class="active">3</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=3" title="Go to page 4" class="active">4</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=4" title="Go to page 5" class="active">5</a></li> <li class="pager-current">6</li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=6" title="Go to page 7" class="active">7</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=7" title="Go to page 8" class="active">8</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=8" title="Go to page 9" class="active">9</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=9" title="Go to page 10" class="active">10</a></li> <li class="pager-ellipsis">…</li> <li class="pager-next"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=6" title="Go to next page" class="active">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a href="/eyeonhiltonhead?page=33" title="Go to last page" class="active">last »</a></li> </ul></div> <a href="/taxonomy/term/30/0/feed" class="feed-icon"><img src="/misc/feed.png" alt="Syndicate content" title="RSS - Eye on Hilton Head" width="16" height="16" /></a> </div> </div>  <div id="rightSidebar"> <div id="ip_dru_column_right_content"> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-158"> <div class="content">  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">_miDartInc++; 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