GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

July 27, 2009

Republican 'rebuilding' meeting tonight

Tarr, Hill to attend

By Times Staff

State Sen. Bruce Tarr and state Rep. Brad Hill are slated to be among those participating tonight in a Gloucester Republican City Committee meeting aimed at helping to "rebuild" the party.

The meeting is set for 7 p.m. and will be hosted by Rick Maybury at 101 Western Ave. in Gloucester.

Anyone interested in participating is asked to contact Lucas Noble via phone at 978-394-16498, or via e-mail at lukejnoble@yahoo.com.

Tarr, R-Gloucester, serves as assistant minority leader in the state Senate, while Hill is an Ipswich Republican whose district includes Manchester. Though Democrats hold a massive majority in both the House and Senate on Beacon Hill, Cape Ann is one of the rare areas whose State House representation is a Republican majority.

Cape Ann's lone Democratic representative is first-year Gloucester state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, whose district also includes Rockport and Essex.