The following information regarding the 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election  was obtained from the Maryland State Board of Elections, Annapolis.  For further information, contact Nikki Baines Trella, 410-269-2843 or Donna Duncan, 410-269-2851.

For the 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election, voters can vote in person or by absentee ballot.  To vote in person, a voter can vote before election day at the designated early voting center(s) in his or her county of residence or vote on election day at the polling place for his or her residence.

Early voting centers will be open for voting from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on September 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.  (There will be no early voting on Sunday, September 5.)  There is at least one early voting center in each county, and voters should ...

(The following email from Rick Smolan was received by Cherie)

Mitra Karimian, an undergraduate ethnobotany student at Frostburg State University, won an honorable mention for the Julia F. Morton Award for her poster “Analysis of Dulcimer Makers in Appalachia” at the International Society for Economic Botany Meeting in Xalapa, Mexico.  The contest was for students or young professionals with five years or less post-doctoral experience.  Over 60 posters were presented at the meeting.

Karimian began the project on the dulcimer, a folk instrument prevalent in Southern Appalachia, as part of the Ethnographic Field Techniques course at FSU.  She conducted ethnographic research on dulcimer makers throughout the region, documenting preferences for specific tree species based on tonal quality, as well as other factors such as ...