BOSTON – After graduating from college in May, New Jersey native Jane Riccardi headed for New England on a rare assignment – to spur on the infant pro-life student movement in one of the most progressive pockets of the country.
Although Riccardi, 23, had spent some time as a student working on various causes, she joined the national Students for Life organization in 2015 as one of 10 regional coordinators, and the first one to hold the post full-time in New England. Since she started, five new high school chapters and two at local colleges have been set up in the region.
LOWELL — Frigid temperatures and a slow-moving security checkpoint line snaking its way across several city blocks could not deter supporters of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who rode into the Mill City on Monday night to regale those who packed into the Tsongas Center arena.
Strutting to the stage amid a raucous din of cheers and the strains of the metal band Twisted Sister's anthem, "We're Not Going to Take It," Trump praised the 7,300-plus who braved the cold to fill the stands while also chiding the assembled throng of media.
