Bieber fever has hit Timonium with long early morning lines for tonight's concert

It's 11 hours until concert time, but the Justin Bieber contagion has already taken hold of the Timonium Fairgrounds. I'm hearing on Twitter that the line to get bracelets that will determine how close you'll sit to the stage at the Maryland State Fair is more than 1,000 people long as of 8 a.m. Mr. BANV, (my hero!) is in that line now while our little Bieber fan is home with me resting up for the concert. He just Tweeted that people have been standing in that line since 11 p.m. last night to get the pink bracelets that get you closest to Bieber himself. As of 8:15 p.m., he said his line was moving. There are dozens of lines to stand in. He was at the Main Gate line, but then moved to the Light Rail line, which he said was shorter. It appears organizers are going to allow people into the concert infield tonight in 15 minute increments starting at 5 p.m. Mr. BANV reported they had already given out all the 5 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. bracelets as of 8:30 a.m. and were now giving out 5:30 p.m. bracelets.

Justin Bieber's DJ is from Bel Air

If you haven't seen it already, today's Baltimore Sun includes an interview with Justin Bieber's DJ Tay James, who grew up here in Bel Air. If you're going to the Justin Bieber concert at the Maryland State Fair tomorrow, you'll see James stoking up the Bieber fever before the star takes the stage. The story says James, 23, started spinning tracks for Bieber just a year ago before the fever swept the nation. He's seen Biebermania evolve from his front row seat.

Just a little while ago, Justin Bieber himself tweeted the link to the Sun story about James:

"shoutout to @DJTayJames for the love from his hometown...we are coming! http://bit.ly/cJepK7 "

To learn more about James, click here to read the Sun story: http://bit.ly/agdoz1
Click here to visit James' website: http://weknowthedj.wordpress.com/
Click here to follow James on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DJTayJames

Surviving Justin Bieber's Maryland State Fair concert

I don’t know if Justin Bieber gets butterflies, but I know I’m getting pretty nervous about his concert at the Maryland State Fair Sunday. I am one of the crazy people who bought the 12,000 tickets to the concert within 18 minutes of them going on sale. Now I’m going to be joining all those crazy people on the Timonium fairgrounds grassy infield, hoisting my 7-year-old so she can get a peek at her idol. I’m hoping someone out there might have some tips to share on how to survive this concert, which even has its organizers all aflutter. The fair's Assistant General Manager Andrew Cashman told The Baltimore Sun, "We've never had anything like this before, not for the state fair. It's unbelievable." Yikes! They will start handing out armbands at 8 a.m. and I hear fans are going to line up before dawn to get the armbands that will get them closest to the stage. But I don’t think my kids can handle predawn lines and a late night concert all in the same day. (Maybe they can, but I’m pretty sure I can’t.) If you’ve been to a state fair concert before and have some tips to share I’d love to hear them!

World Champion figure skater Kimmie Meissner will be the first to vote Friday in Harford County's Early Voting

Bel Air's World Champion figure skater Kimmie Meissner knows it's good to be first. At 10 a.m. Friday morning, she will be the first person to vote in Harford County’s Early Voting, which starts Sept. 3. Kimmie will cast her vote at the Bel Air Branch of the Harford County library, which is on the street the Town of Bel Air renamed “Kimmie Way” in her honor after she competed in the 2006 Olympics.

According to a Harford County government press release: This will be the first time Maryland voters can vote prior to Election Day without applying for an absentee ballot. In Harford County, the meeting room of the Bel Air Branch of the Harford County Public Library will host the early voting center. Voters may cast their ballot from Friday, September 3 to 9, except Sunday, September 5. Early voting hours are 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

For further information about early voting, contact the Harford County Board of Elections at 410-638-3565 or ask@harfordvotes.info.