MIDDLETOWN - John Ruffini is a living example of how the path to the American dream is not always a straight one.
When John Ruffini s parents emigrated here from Italy in 1961, they knew very little about the United States. They would soon find out how hard they had to work to reach their own American dream.
“My father and my mother had never been here before, but once they reached New Jersey, they rented a one-bedroom apartment in Red Bank for 1964, said Ruffini, today the owner of Affordable Precision, a business that specializes in sealing and repairing granite and marble countertops, after spending many years working in the telephone business.