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Renowned singer T. Graham Brown and his band One Horse Town will be in concert in Harriman’s historic Princess Theatre on May 31.

The concert will feature Brown’s well-known songs, including “Help Me Turn the Wine Back Into Water,” Come as You Were,” “Hell and High Water,” “I Tell It Like It Used to Be” and “Darlene.”

“This is a big thing coming to Harriman,” said promoter Greg White. “This thing here is one of the best bands you’re going to hear.”

For now, the residents of the well-established Woodhaven neighborhood in Kingston have it good.

Songbirds warble from massive tulip poplars. Although nearby Interstate 40 carries a steady stream of traffic, the road noise is dampened by a nearly 50-acre wooded hill between them.

There’s a sense of calm in this lush, waterfront community near the convergence of the Emory and Clinch rivers.

“This is one of the most tranquil neighborhoods in Kingston,” said resident LeAnn Qualls, who has lived there for nearly two decades.

A Harriman man and public safety officer died in an off-duty lawnmower accident Saturday.

Michael Andre Goins, 41, worked as an airport officer and mowed yards on the side. He was mowing for a client when the accident happened.

“The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority has lost one of its valued public safety officers,” said Becky Huckaby, vice president of public relations for the airport.

Goins had 15 years of law enforcement experience, including with Harriman Police Department.

Roane County is scheduled to pay nearly $2 million in interest on the $2.5 million it borrowed for the Plateau Partnership Park.

The county borrowed $1.750 million for the project in 2007. The first principal payment on that debt won’t be made until 2016.

In 2010, the county borrowed another $750,000. The first principal payment on that debt isn’t scheduled to be made until 2025.

Both deals were put together during the tenure of former Roane County executive Mike Farmer.