For Bostonians, New Edition Day is historic homecoming

Boston’s New Edition Day isn’t just the culmination of the city’s “For the Culture” week, but a homecoming for the group and their local fans.

Catch up quick: Boston will honor the boy band’s six members — Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe, Michael Bivins and Ricky Bell — by naming a street in their honor in Roxbury and declaring tomorrow “New Edition Day.”

  • “Boston is where it all began for us,” Bobby Brown said in a statement earlier this month.
  • “This honor means the world to me.”

The latest: The members started arriving late this week for the celebration, which includes a community…..

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