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Is there something in the water in Ward 17, perhaps the Neponset River that flows by it? The district, which includes Lower Mills, and parts of Codman Square and Mattapan, has been home to mayors (2), attorney generals (3), and a speaker of the Massachusetts House, among other elected officials. Mayor John B. Hynes, who served through the 1950s, lived on Druid Street off

"It was just an almost transcendental moment," said Kadzis about the royal visit's impact on Boston.