🌱 Patch AM: What Middlesex parents should know about “Operation Bad Santa” arrests

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• What Middlesex parents should know about “Operation Bad Santa” arrests

Also on today's calendar: Five Things You Must Know About Estate Planning After 65 (Online).

Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy; morning flurries, with a high of 33 and low of 25 degrees.
• Thursday: A few morning flurries; cold, temps: high: 28, low: 18. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Cold with periods of sun, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Operation Bad Santa: NJ teacher, youth worker among 12 in child predator sting (palivingnews.com) — Middlesex County authorities say 12 men were arrested in an undercover child-predator sting dubbed “Operation Bad Santa,” after allegedly arranging meetings with people they believed were minors. The county prosecutor’s office led the multi-agency effort, which involved several Middlesex police departments and federal partners, and is asking anyone with information to contact its Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.
   

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Friday January 2

• Five Things You Must Know About Estate Planning After 65 (Online)
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Saturday January 3

• SMAuction A Kevin Smith Sale! Props, Memorabilia, Costumes, Art, Signed Stuff & More!
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Sunday January 11

• Meadowbrook Day Camp to Host Open House on January 11, 2026
  Meadowbrook Country Day Camp , 73 E Valley Brook Rd , Washington Township
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Wednesday December 31

• Library closes at 5:00 p.m.
  New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
  10:00 am
• Read and Play
  New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
  11:00 am
• Desi Dhamal NYE 2026
  Holiday Inn Piscataway - Somerset, an IHG Hotel , 21 Kingsbridge Rd , Piscataway
  7:30 pm
• New years eve party welcome 2026
  Deewan Banquet , 560 Stelton Rd , Piscataway
  7:30 pm
• NEW YEARS EVE NEW JERSEY - NEW YEARS NJ - NEW YEARS EVE HOTEL PARTY 2025
  Bridgewater Marriott , 700 Commons Way , Bridgewater
  8:00 pm
• SONORA DINAMITA SHOW
  Colombian Steakhouse and Lounge , 200 Talmage Ave , Bound Brook
  9:00 pm
• NYE at Bradford Rooftop
  The Bradford Rooftop , 600 Somerset Corporate Blvd 7th floor , Bridgewater
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Library closed
  New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
• New Year's Day - MCC Closed
  Martinsville Community Center , 1961 Washington Valley Rd , Martinsville
• New Year’s Day (Municipal Building Closed)
  Township of Bridgewater , 100 Commons Way , Bridgewater
• The Sr Center is CLOSED in Observance of New Year’s
  Township of Bridgewater , 100 Commons Way , Bridgewater

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🗞 Nearby News

Piscataway

• Piscataway Progressive Democrats Launch Council Campaigns for June 2026 Primary, Announce Ward 3 Candidate, Lifelong Piscataway Resident VIOLA STONE. (insidernj.com)
• Hundreds of 911 Calls Reported at Piscataway Hotels Housing the Homeless, Prostitutes, and Meth Labs (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• Grant and Francis Lead Men's Basketball Past Delaware State 65-50 (scarletknights.com)

South Plainfield

• Borough Amends Ordinance, Sets Guidelines and Fees for Filming in South Plainfield (tapinto.net)
• Check out these 85 boys basketball players who have impressed so far this season (nj.com)
• Unipack LLC - 716621 - 12/19/2025 (einpresswire.com)

Bridgewater

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