Maryland

SPARROWS POINT – The last two residents of Sparrows Point have been flushed out

BALTIMORE – Raymond Johnson, who spends 10 to 12 hours a day working as the assistant manager of the Stop, Shop & Save, had to stop and search his memory when asked about the race of customers

CROFTON – Lisa Eliot watched last summer as three neighbors without children sold their homes to families with children

GRANTSVILLE – It’s early May, and the tulips are out, but spring has yet to arrive in full bloom in Garrett County

NORTH POTOMAC – When Lisy Lara, 23, looks around the six homes in her cul- de-sac in Montgomery County’s Dufief Mill development, she sees four Asian families and two white, including her own

LANGLEY PARK – It’s 10:30 a

ABERDEEN – To the Census Bureau, the section of Aberdeen sandwiched between Route 40 and the Aberdeen Proving Ground is an almost-perfect demographic reflection of the state of Maryland

WASHINGTON – When Linda Patterson decided to become a foster parent, she did not envision a child with disabilities — nor did she ever intend the arrangement to be permanent

WASHINGTON – Disabled children in Maryland were less likely than other foster children to be placed with relatives, more likely to be set on a course of long-term foster care and slightly more likely to end up in group homes or institutions in 1998

ANNAPOLIS – Tourism officials tout Washington County as a Western Maryland, small-town, vacation spot known for streams, orchards, mountains and waterfalls — but it could also be known for putting people behind bars