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Week in Review: School Security Post Newtown, Flu Shots Still Available

Also this week, Joe Kennedy III marriage suit made in Watertown, road work may be delayed and foreign language could be coming to the elementary schools.

 

School security has been a priority for the Watertown schools — both before and after the Connecticut school shootings, school officials say. Read more about how the town schools prepare for emergencies.

The flu has hit Watertown, and the whole region, hard this year but the town Health Department still has some shots available for those looking to get vaccinated. See how to get your shot here.

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When Joe Kennedy III walked down the aisle last month, he wore a suit custom made for him in Watertown. See more here. 

A plan to start road repairs in town by April may have hit a road block. The work may still be able to start earlier than in 2012, when it began in September.

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Watertown's elementary school students may soon have the chance to learn a foreign language. A task force recommended that the district start an immersion program, where students would spend the whole day speaking and being taught in a foreign tongue.


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