Doctors say Chernobyl children are in good shape

The two men accused of robbing a Needham bank Wednesday were held yesterday on $250,000 bail.

Police have arrested three Dedham men on charges of trafficking in prescription painkillers the culmination of a months-long investigation into the sale and distribution of narcotics in Dedham and West Roxbury.

The town's Fourth of July Celebration Committee is hoping the only red that's part of tomorrow's Independence Day celebration is on the American flag and not the event's balance sheet.

The town's Fourth of July celebration will have some special guests tomorrow in the form of four F-15 fighter jets that are scheduled to fly over the Washington Street parade route.

Dedham is following a regular trash collection schedule this week. There will be trash pickup on Friday, July 3.

The two local men accused of robbing a Needham bank Wednesday are being held on $250,000 cash bail on charges of armed and masked robbery.

The town's adult zoning will move to the brand-new Legacy Place development, and nearby Stergis Way, if Town Meeting accepts the final decision made by a special committee last night.

Customers will see their electric bills increase this year by an average of 7.5 percent under rate increases approved by selectmen this week. The Board of Selectmen, acting in its capacity as electric light commissioners, approved new rates that will increase the average homeowner's monthly bill by $4.82 from $64.21 a month to $69.03.

Electric light commissioners and New England Power officials have agreed to a settlement to finally end a decade-long dispute between them.