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Nutley
HAUNTED BARFOR SALE
If you ’ vealwayswantedto own apieceofNorth Jersey history , now ’ s your chance : THE OLD CANAL INN in Nutley — considered one of New Jersey ’ s most hauntedtaverns and Nutley ’ s oldest bar — is up for sale .
Listed for $ 2.195millionbyFrank ContursoofKeller WilliamsSuburban Realty , the mixed-usebuilding also includes four residential apartments .
The Old Canal Inn is home to the infamous Death Seat — aseat at thebar that has been roped offfor decades . Rumor has it that two men diedof heart attacksjust 10 days after fighting overthe seat in 1964 , and within three days of one another .
Therestaurant and bar is also the home of the Nutley Family Service Bureau ’ s annual “ Rock Hunger ” music event , which features four local bands and raisesmoney for the bureau ’ s programs , including the area ’ s food pantry .
Situated along the Nutley−Bloomfield border , the Old Canal Inn opened in the 1930s and was owned by the same family until it closed in the early 2000s . It was then reopened in 2011 under newownership .
The tavern can fit 186 patrons , including 75 in the dining room . OldCanal Inn also boasts an extensive 30-tap craft beer list , and features other amenities like an outdoor patio space , an in-house regulation shuffleboard table and 22 large flat-screen TVs .
The kitchen and restaurant received renovations in 2015 , as well asanupgrade to the boiler and AC systems in2020 and 2022 , respectively .
— MADDIEMcGAY
Montclair
MUSIC IN MONTCLAIR
On September 15 , JEREMY PHOLWATTANA released achildren ’ s album titled ADay in the Life .
“ The album consists of 5 songs ,” he says .“ It goes through the dayin the lifeofa child . From waking up , to playingwithfriends , tosharing , reacting to sharingwith thosefriends , and then going to sleep .”
Pholwattanawrote thealbum forhis 16-month-old daughter , Giovanna .“ Thelyrics arewords Isay to my children , and Ihave put my heartinto them ,” he says .
Pholwattana runs School of Sound Montclair and has a production companycalled Sound Entertainment .
PHOLWATTANA
As of presstime , A Day in the Life wascurrentlystillon the ballot for Grammy consideration for Best Children ’ s Album , with results set to be announced on November 10 .
— JORAMMUSHINSKE
Bloomfield
BETTER OPTIONS FOR YOUR GSP DRIVE
Theopeningofthe CONNIE CHUNG SERVICE AREA on mile 153 of the Garden State Parkway ( formerly known as the Brookdale South Service Area ) has features that make it attractive to southbound drivers — and fans of its new amenities . The rest stop , accessible from Broad Street in Bloomfield , houses aStarbucks , BurgerKing , Chick-fil-A andApplegreen food market ; outside , there arechargers for electric vehicles . A longtime resident of Middletown , Connie Chung was a2016 inductee into the New Jersey HallofFame .
— CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
BAR : COURTESY OF FRANK CONTURSO , KELLER WILLIAMS SUBURBAN REALTY ; ALBUM / HEADSHOT : COURTESY OF JEREMY PHOLWATTANA ; SERVICE AREA : CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
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