Week in Review: May 15 to May 21

In case you missed it, here are some of the top headlines from Whitefish Bay Patch this week.

The prospect of consolidating the with the North Shore Health Department could be a done deal by June.

Shorewood and Whitefish Bay Village Boards approved the concept of consolidating with the North Shore Health Department on Monday.Officials from the two villages will now work with five other North Shore communities to develop an agreement, with the goal of implementing the merger in 2012.

For-profit groups will be charged $10 per day to use village parks under action taken by the Whitefish Bay Village Board Monday night. The proposal originated last year, when residents near and park users complained about an exercise group blowing whistles and making noise in the park starting at 6 a.m. Groups of 10 or more people will be required to complete the application, pay the fee and adhere to normal park hours and rules.

Two 14-year-old Glendale girls were cited for theft and loitering on school grounds after admitting to stealing nearly $400 in property from the Whitefish Bay High School girls locker room after school hours Tuesday.

In other police news, three drunken driving arrests were made last week, and a GPS and $4.75 in change was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in an open garage in the 6100 block of North Santa Monica Boulevard.

The Whitefish Bay Village Board Monday approved a revised natural turf care program in village parks that will cost $18,382 - or about $15,000 more than spraying herbicides.

The village's Environmental Advisory Commission recommended a comprehensive plan that includes aerating, spraying compost tea and adding nutrients to the soil in Buckley, Cahill, Klode and Schoolhouse parks, as well as to greenspace at Fairmount and Lydell. The revised plan adopted Monday keeps those measures in tact, while eliminating a pilot program to implement natural turf care practices in the median of Santa Monica Boulevard and triangular right-of-ways.

What's Poppin' Cafe is closed, and it will soon be replaced with an Italian ice cream shop.

What's Poppin', which opened two years ago, has been closed since April 1 for renovations, and according to a sign on the store’s front window, the new restaurant, Marie’s Treats & Eats is expected to open at the end of May or the beginning of June.