For help with contractual rights and benefits, salaries, grievances and pensions. UFT borough offices are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, when school is in session.

Property assets owned by listed property trusts have escaped Saturday's earthquake in Christchurch relatively unscathed, with only minor damage reported so far.

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Children in the neighborhood around Peoria's South Side Mission live in one of the 100 poorest areas of the country, but they benefit by a remarkable legacy nurtured for 85 years by five generations of one Peoria family.   People living in these city blocks are in the lowest 3 percent of income nationwide. Average household income is below $22,000 a year, yet every child in the 61605 ZIP code is ...