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Local runner Tara Stockton was more focused on enjoying the Boston Marathon than finishing the race in a certain time.

“I literally was just soaking all of it in,” she said.

That turned out to be a good thing for the Harriman resident.
On Monday, two bombs exploded near the finish line at the 4-hour, 9-minute mark of the marathon.

At least three people were killed and more than 170 people wounded at the scene of carnage.

Kingston City Council members said their goodbyes to longtime City Manager Jim Pinkerton at his last official council meeting, each in his own special way.

Then they set about appointing another city stalwart to fill his shoes until a permanent replacement is chosen.

“I’m going to miss not coming down to City Hall to give you a hard time,” said Councilman Norm Sugarman.

“So long, Pumpkin,” Councilman Kevin McClure added with a broad grin.
Pinkerton sat quietly, smiling.

Roane County Register of Deeds Sharon Brackett said scammers are still trying to con property owners into thinking they need to pay a big fee in order to get a copy of their deed.  

“It’s all over the state of Tennessee they’re doing this,” she said.

She issued a warning about the scam last year, but wanted to give another because it’s still going on.

The scammers mail property owners a letter asking them to send money to a local records office to get a copy of their deed.

Saturday mail delivery looks like it will continue in Roane County along with the rest of the country.

Earlier this year the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to start a Monday-through-Friday delivery schedule for mail starting in August.

Those plans have been scuttled because of the continuing resolution recently passed by Congress, according to a statement issued by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors last week. The continuing resolution funds the government.