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River Road residents call for no parking signs ahead of bar opening
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Aidan Pollard May 4, 2021
MARION Selectmen approved a liquor license for 27 Wareham Road, the site of Gilda’s Stone Rooster, so long as the bar receives an occupancy permit from the building commissioner.
Selectmen approved the license at a May 4 meeting, following a public hearing continued from a hearing in April.
At the April hearing, John Mello detailed he and fellow restaurateur Joe Sauro’s plans to reopen Gilda’s Stone Rooster as Stone Rooster, following the retirement of longtime founder and owner Gilda Downey.
In April, Planning Board member and River Road resident Chris Collings spoke on behalf of himself and his neighbors, urging that something be done to prevent parking for the bar on the adjacent River Road.
Julia Georgianna Morgan, 91 of Newport Rhode Island, affectionately known as “Bowie”, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on April 30, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. Julia was born in Fall River, MA on November 28, 1929 to the late Francisco and Georgianna Mello.
Julia was the beloved and devoted wife of Ralph E. Morgan, to whom she was married to for 70 wonderful years. Julia attended Newport Schools and graduated from The Fall River School of Beauty in 1950. Julia’s true passion in life was her family. Along with her husband, she raised four children while working out of her home as a beautician. She also held positions as a teacher’s aide for Special Need Children at Underwood School and as a housekeeper for Salve Regina University. Later in life her focus was being “Bowie”, the dedicated, loving and nurturing VoVo to her four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She along with her husband, had an influential role in their upbringing, taking care
Marion s Beloved Gilda, SouthCoast s Oldest Bartender, Retires
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Apr 21, 2021
John Mello appeared before the Marion Selectmen on April 21, in search of a liquor license for Gilda’s Stone Rooster.
MARION South Coast restaurateurs John Mello and Joe Sauro are looking to reopen the Stone Rooster, without Gilda.
Gilda Downey opened Gilda’s Stone Rooster on Route 6 near the Wareham line in 1979 with her late husband Paul. The bar was known as a mecca for jazz music, and the shows Downey held at the spot landed her a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the New Bedford Jazz Festival.
Mello and Sauro recently purchased the bar from the now retired Downey, and plan to reopen it, after it closed for the pandemic.
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