Meanings
- A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025
Origin
From Manchester + by + the + sea.
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Manchester-by-the-Sea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manchester-by-the-Sea
“Manchester-by-the-Sea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manchester-by-the-Sea. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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