GIOVI'S AND THE "BEACON" ON ROUTE 130

EVEN BACK WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED BY THE BEACON THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY OF THE FORMER GIOVI'S IN YARDVILLE. TODAY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM "ANONYMOUS" WHO HAS VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION ON THAT YARDVILLE LANDMARK.

ANONYMOUS WROTE:

Tom - Just to clear up the Giovis/Beacon info - the site became Giovi's but the Beacon building did not survive. The lightship beacon that still stands was from a lightship named the Nantucket. A picture hung in the original Beacon building in the 1960's. From a Beacon carhop!

THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION, AND THANKS FOR VISITING, ANONYMOUS.

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GARY LIPPINCOTT'S WEBSITE, WWW.GROVEVILLEMEMORIES.BLOGSPOT.COM
HAS A POST WHICH GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE BEACON AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE RESTAURANTS WHICH WERE ON THE SITE OVER THE YEARS.