A special celebration this weekend for Boston-based R & B group New Edition, which has been more than 40 years in the making.

The city proclaimed Saturday to be New Edition Day, and the group will be honored with a street named after them in the heart of Roxbury where they grew up.

“It feels like sometimes the great things like a bottle of wine ages with time, and New Edition has stood the test of time,” said founding member Michael Bivins.

Other members of the group say they’re proud of all of their accomplishments that have led them to this point.

“It feels like the culmination of a lot of blood sweat and tears that really started in 1978,” said Ronnie DeVoe.

New Edition got their start performing at local talent shows.

Despite their rise to fame, they’ve always remembered where th

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