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The New Jersey Supreme Court is weighing Absecon's effort to withdraw from the Pleasantville public school district and send its high school students elsewhere. A ruling remains pending, and local officials and residents are watching closely because the decision would determine where Absecon students attend high school and how funding responsibilities are divided between the two Atlantic County communities.

St. Charles officials have approved Vequity's scaled-back retail plan for the Pheasant Run property. The revised proposal comes after earlier, larger plans for the former resort site were trimmed down. The approval moves the redevelopment of the long-discussed suburban Chicago site forward, though details of the final retail lineup and timeline remain limited in initial reports.