BOSTON – The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to lower the speed limit on many Hub roads to 20 miles per hour from the current 30 mph, citing hopes of reducing accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
It would also cut the limit in school zones to 15 mph from 20. The proposed 20 mph limit would apply to unposted roads, or where no speed limit signs exist.
WELLESLEY – A long, though unofficial, tradition led Wellesley's Boston Post Cane to pass this week to Herlda Senhouse, the town's oldest resident at 105, who joked that her lack of children led to a more stress-free – and longer – life.
Senhouse received the gold-knobbed walking stick surrounded by friends Thursday at the Glen Grove, a senior housing community. Senhouse also received a small commemorative pin, a certificate and flowers. She was allowed to keep those items but the cane went back into a safe at day's end.
