Report Inappropriate Comments

I know a beautiful Italo-American woman named Rinata Mallozzi who worked for years at Benny's in Warwick, I believe. Rinata is now almost 90 herself. Her husband Phil-also Italo-American- passed away shortly after my mother Janet Ruggieri , Rinata's beloved life-long friend passed away too- a few years ago . I think the editor of the Wawick Beacon will recall publishing a touching article about the World War II romance of Rinata & Phill Mallozzi. I last saw Rinata at my mother's funeral. And I want to send her my family's enduring love.

I remember the Benny's store in Washington Park , Providence in the golden post war years ( 1950s and 1960s ) What was special about this Benny's was the life size model airplane on the roof. Back then not just Benny's but Washington Park was a real American Dream. That neighborhood had everything. I went to Broad St. School there. And Roger Williams Park was my back yard. I remember visiting the Museum and being welcomed by huge portraits of Galileo and Kepler. A huge New England whale bone. And a glow in the dark model of the Uranium atom with its 92 protons in the nucleus and 92 revolving electrons. And also the old Planetarium where I could get a crystal clear view of our night sky. Life was beautiful ! ( And still is, Ma said ) Ron Ruggieri, Cranston