History of Boonton Theater

As one of the few surviving original

Vaudeville stages in the country, the Darress
Theater offers its patrons a truly unique
entertainment experience. Built in 1919, the
theater has a rich history that began with
Fall 2005 Vaudeville and silent movies, ending in the
1930’s when sound pictures were developed.
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The theater retains much of its original
charm, while its style and character are
wholly unmatched. Enter under the stage Darress Theater Circa 1950
and enjoy the beauty of the woodwork and
tiered balconies. The experience and feel is
as though you have stepped back through time.

Tom Timbrook, a former military photographer, purchased the theater in the early 1980’s
and has been gradually restoring the Vaudeville stage to some of its early grandeur.
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The Darress Theater showcases top musical and theatrical entertainment. The Theater is
available for private parties, weddings, seminars, school functions and fundraisers. Contact
Darress Theater, 615 Main St., Boonton NJ, 07005 ttimbrook@aol.com. 973-334-9292.

NEW MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS

!" Kevin’s Fine Jewelry— 973.790.8836
Kevin Seele—137 Hawkins Place, Boonton
!" Alta Graphics, LLC—973.335.4469
Marnie Vyff—10 Vale Drive, Mtn. Lakes
!" Creative Woodcraft— 973.366.6080
Sandra Griffin—264 E. Blackwell St., Dover
!" Eyewear By Evie— 973.794.2379
Evie Greene— 119 Boonton Ave., Boonton
!" Trius Pest Management— 973.335.2777
Irma Lasky—607 Cedar St., Boonton
!" NewBridge Services— 973.839.2520
Nina McCormack—21 Evans Pl., Pompton Plains
!" European Dance Academy— 973.331.8022
Monika Pesek—100 Morris Ave., Boonton
!" Mountain Lakes Market— 973.334.8808
Michael Schmitt—44 Midvale Road, Mtn. Lakes

Did You know?

The Atlantic City bus trip,
with all of the fun and games,
was instrumental in raising
funds for the Mountain Lakes
and Boonton High School
scholarship awards. Miss
Jessica Brower and Miss
Elizabeth Harman were each
awarded $750.00 for their
outstanding achievements.
Starting October 22, come to on Main Street with a costume
Main Street for 2 weeks of fun contest and more. Receive a
and savings. Special activities special discount treat from
include: a cemetery walk and participating merchants.
high tea sponsored by the
historical society, special story
time at the library, a magical
“and scientific” children’s
show on the Boardwalk, and
the famous dog/owner parade
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chamber of
commerce
OCTOBER 9, 2005 ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP— Fundraiser—$30.00 per person
P.O. Box. 496
8AM– 7PM Boonton H.S , Includes $15 Casino Voucher
Boonton, NJ 07005
OCTOBER 11, 2005 BOARD MEETING
8AM—9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
Tel: 973.334.4117 OCTOBER 17, 2005 GOLF OUTING—Scholarship Fund $150 per person
Fax: 973.858.0414
10AM—7:30PM Golf, Lunch, Cocktails, Dinner, Prizes
E-mail: ttccea@verizon.net
Web: www.tritownchamber.org
OCTOBER 22, 2005 HALLOWEEN PARADE
Boonton Main Street—”Howl”O-Ween dog/owner parade
NOVEMBER 8, 2005 BOARD MEETING
8AM—9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 SEMINAR – Richard Brownstein—$15 per person
Mountain Lakes Club—Lunch 12PM –1:30PM
NOVEMBER 17-25, 2005 MAIN STREET IN LIGHTS —
Promotion seeks to bring holiday shoppers
NOVEMBER 26, 2005 SANTA PARADE
Boonton Main Street
DECEMBER 1, 2005 HOLIDAY EVENT—Free (Members & Guest)
Lakeland Bank 6PM—8:30PM Catered
DECEMBER 13, 2005 BOARD MEETING
Membership 8AM—9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
Renewal Deadline
October 1ST
(Please)

Enclosed—2006 Ballot A delicious Fall Treat

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News, Events, PR, Preheat oven to 375. Combine flour,
BREAKFAST COOKIES
Changes—Ann Krawiec butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla,
at 973.334.4117 ¾ cup flour cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Beat
with electric beater until smooth. Add
2/3 cup butter, softened oats and cheese, beat until well blended.
1/3 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon baking powder

Stir in chopped apple. Drop mixture by
½ teaspoon salt tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie
Natalia Brownstein poses
sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes. Cool
alongside the
1+1/2 cups quick oats, uncooked on a wire rack. Store cookies in airtight
1926 Ford Model—T container. For breakfast pack 3 cookies
Boonton Car Show -August 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
with a juice or a yogurt to eat on the
1 cup chopped apple road.
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I ‘m honored, to be elected, as your president of your Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce for 2006. I know I speak for all the board
members when I say that we are very excited to continue the excellent
work that the 2005 board members have accomplished. I appreciate the
hard work and time they donate to our chamber.

I look forward to your continuing support. We again have maintained one

of the highest percentages of membership in the country.

Winter 2005
We will continue our support for the Kiwanis Ambulance, the Boonton
Fireman’s parade and Boonton Main Street programs.

In 2005, your chamber ran two trips to Atlantic City and held our first
annual golf outing. Both of these programs were very successful in funding
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our scholarship program.
Chamber President Tom Serbo handing over
We are always looking for new and innovative ways to help and support
the wheel to newly elected Chamber President
our members. One of those changes is our 2006 directory. We feel this
Guy Caccavele
new directory will help to increase support for our members. This new
directory is being mailed to over 17,000 households and business in the
Tri-Town area, giving our members greater exposure than ever before.
This directory will continue to be available at all Municipal Offices, Banks and other businesses in our area. Please keep it handy and
use it to patronize our local chamber members.

I promise that the board members and I will continue to bring new ideas to the table in order to increase your benefits of being a
chamber member.

I believe that if we work together as a team, we can accomplish anything.

Please visit us on our new website www.tritownchamber.org

Tri-town chamber of commerce

Guy Caccavale
President

NEW MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS

!" Leather Medic — 973.328.0010 !" Park Jeweler’s — 973.394.0304

Tim Smith —307 Danial Street, Dover
!" Claire Ann’s Antiques—973.334.2421
Clarie Berger—819 Main Street, Boonton
!" Delizia Pizza Kitchen — 973.334.3511
Kevin Natale —308 Wootton Street, Boonton
!" Fantastic Sams Hair Salon — 973.331.1080
Kim Sedlacek — 308 Woonton Street, Boonton
!" Dollar Dave’s — 973.334.3283
David Goldstein — 308 Woonton St., Boonton
!" Rose City Chocolatier — 973.402.1002
Gene Bohensky — 516 Main Street, Boonton
Kenneth Danka —919 Main Street, Boonton
!" Quiznos Subs — 973.334.0160
Kathy James—308 Woonton Street, Boonton
!" Suburban Podiatry Center — 973.334.7772
Dr. Marla Leen — Mountain Lakes
!" Unique Jewelry Boutique — 973.334.0078
Penny Lenthe —923 Main Street, Boonton
!" Wine Country Boonton — 973.331.5125
Judith Tinajero —308 Woonton Street, Boonton
!" Feher Home Solutions — 973.235.6377
Heather Till —239 Myrtle Avenue, Boonton

Update with a challenge

The new color directory will
be distributed to 20,000+
households and businesses
beginning January 13th.
We have challenge. We want to
make the Chamber a more
valuable resource. Our many
committees would gladly
appreciate your help. With just a
few people donating as little as 1
hour every other week, we will
be able to make a big difference.
The only way we can help is if
you voice your opinions and let
us know what you are thinking.
Contact Guy Caccavele
guy@ifrllc.com. We can’t do
it alone.
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The Tri-Town Chamber conducted an

open forum meeting on February 13th.
As one would expect, the most talked
about subject was the Boonton Main
Street lack of parking and the abuse of
sp ri ng 2006 the 2 hour parking limit. It would be
great if the town of Boonton would just
purchase a few rotten buildings, level
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them, and toss some pavement on the
dead lots for parking. Unfortunately Open Forum at Merry Heart
this is not going to happen. This is a
conversation that is sounding very much like a broken record (if you remember what
a record was). Joe Barone, proprietor of Top Of The Park Restaurant, suggested
the Town of Boonton build a parking garage at the upper west end of Main Street.
All agreed this would be a great idea and in the spirit of “if you believe, you can
achieve”, Ann Krawiec will be heading a bake sale committee to raise funds for a
new 5 story $10,892,000 structure. We expect groundbreaking sometime in the
early 22nd century.
T r i- t o wn c ha mb e r o f c o mm e r ce

Although it is common knowledge, many of the retail and non-retail business

owners are abusing the 2 hour parking rule. How do they abuse the rule? They move
their vehicles every 2 hours, erase the tire chalk marks and many other devious
techniques. If you want more business we need to make it easy for people to shop.
Please use the upper Plane Street parking lot. It’s an all day parking facility for only
$0.50 (Note: this will help raise funds for our new state of the art parking facility).
Back to reality, It was generally acknowledged that during the holiday season the
lower part of Main Street was lacking holiday spirit. The cited reasons were A) lack
of holiday lighting and B) uncoordinated decorations. As much as the Chamber
would like to change this, it also requires community effort from the businesses
along Main Street. If the businesses would agree to put white lights in their
windows, we will create a uniform appearance. One good deed can lead to another,
and in this way we may attract more shoppers.

Expose yourself

The Chamber web site now TTCCEA@Verizon.net . We in the ad campaign and

offers a monthly Featured
Member page for only $35.
This fee covers all costs to
publish a picture with your
information for 1 month.
Please submit a JPEG image
along with your text in MS
Word format to:
drive the traffic to the web
site and you drive the traffic
to your place of business.
Contact Ann Krawiec at
973.334.4117 for details.
Did you look at the inserts?
We can add your ad to our ad
expose you. This is a FREE
member benefit. Free is
good. Supply us with 180
copies of your ad no larger
than 8 1/2 x 11 on 20lb.
paper. Weight is limited, so
it’s first come first serve.
Speak with Ann Krawiec.
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TRI-TOWN CHAMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
chamber of
commerce
APRIL 11, 2006 BOARD MEETING
P.O. Box. 496 8AM — 9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
Boonton, NJ 07005
MAY 6, 2006 ATLANTIC CITY—Bally’s
8AM — 7PM Depart Boonton HS, $30 ($15 casino rebate)
Tel: 973.334.4117 MAY 9, 2006 BOARD MEETING
Fax: 973.541.5200 8AM — 9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
E-mail: ttccea@verizon.net
MAY TABLE TOP TRADE SHOW
Web: www.tritownchamber.org
TBA
JUNE 13, 2006 BOARD MEETING
8AM — 9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
JULY 11, 2006 BOARD MEETING
8AM — 9:30AM St. Clare’s Hospital, Executive Dinning
JULY 14-16 ,2006 SIDEWALK SALE
Business Hours—Boonton Main Street

Network and Card

Exchange at our Chamber Benefits
Upcoming Trade Show
People often ask ... “If I join the chair the committee to execute your
Chamber, WWIF (What’s in it for fundraising idea, you get a FREE
me?). Among the many benefits such as MEMBERSHIP. As long as the
Editor, Layout, Copy and advertising in our directory with a fundraiser generates at least $300, you
Humorist:
Richard Brownstein
distribution of approximately 17,000, get a FREE MEMBERSHIP for 1 year.
we have numerous fundraising and Let’s face it, if you are willing to stick
networking events . We are currently your neck out and put in the effort to
exploring discounted health insurance, help us raise money for one of our
dental insurance, Rx drug discounts, causes, we want you! Who knows,
vision, pre-paid legal, life and disability there is a possibility that one day you
insurance and a host of others. We are may be president of the chamber.
very excited about the possibilities and
invite our members to make
suggestions about other benefits they
would like.

We are discussing other fundraisers

Frelinghuysen Arboretum
offering a glimpse of spring.
Photo: Richard Brownstein
such as a beef steak dinner, clam bake,
pasta dinner (we like food), table top
network trade show and many others .
We also invite any of our members to
host an event. Here’s the deal. If you
come up with an idea and are willing to