ANDREW MILLER Staff Cassie McDonough, 6, of Somerset, searches for a golden ticket inside a Willy Wonka inflated room at the Woodbridge Center mall, which hosted its third annual teen event, "The Scene," which featured 25-year-old professional video gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel on Sept. 29. For... More ... Township, district enact road maintenance program Several township areas already repaved, resurfaced BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       The recurring costs of the maintenance, repair and repaving of municipal and school district infrastructures led to the start of the township's street and lot repaving and maintenance program. More ... Bottoms up      PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Clockwise from top: Beer drinkers crowd the beer tent at the township's first annual charity Central Jersey Beer Fest and Craft Show at Parker Press Park, Woodbridge on Sept. 29. Moshe Atzbi of Old Bridge pours a J.J. Bitting Porter for a customer. Kathy Dowling of Wood... More ... Residents affix pink bows for breast cancer awareness Local family participates in memory of fallen friend BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       METUCHEN - Caroline Woodruff and her family walked up and down Main and New streets on Sept. 29, placing pink bows around lampposts and trees in honor of Woodruff's best friend, Maria Jamison, who died of breast cancer in March. More ... Passion for photos kept Woodbridge history alive Local man's photo collection provided historic record for town BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - On the second floor of a Church Street residence is a room filled with the rich memories of a man who was passionate about the place he called home. More ... Game on!      PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff At left, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, 25, the No. 1 gamer in the world, signed autographs during an appearance at the Woodbridge Center mall, which hosted its third annual teen event "The Scene." Above, Peter Feher, 18, of Woodbridge, plays the game "Fatal1ty" at the ma... More ... Memorial scholarship set up for train accident victim Fund set up by family intended to reward kindness, independence BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - Eleven-year-old Carland Hunnaman remembers the fun times he had with his older sister, Ashlyn Marie Ferriero, who died in a tragic train accident in June. "She was always fun to be around," Hunnaman said with a big smile as he reminisced about his sister. "We did a lot of things tog... More ... Cty. warms up to solar energy Technology expected to cut building's power costs by 40% BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer       SOUTH BRUNSWICK - The future of environmental technology just got a little brighter in Middlesex County. On Sept. 19, 120 solar panels were unveiled at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Services building, located at Davidson's Mill Pond Park, in the first large-scale effort to use solar energy t... More ... Studio 9 may leave township permanently BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer       WOODBRIDGE - After weeks of discussion, township officials announced last week that the owner of the Studio 9 restaurant and cocktail lounge on King Georges Road has verbally agreed to permanently close the establishment's doors. More ... A 'new reality' revealed at New Bruns. museum       NEW BRUNSWICK - A new exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum explores the continued use of black and white photography as a medium of visual and historical consequence. More ...