Shorewood Patch Week in Review

Spring has just sprung, but it is already time to make those summer program plans for the kids. If you have a kid between 4 and 12, it is the time to schedule some summer fun.

Armed with revenue from its voter-approved referendum, the Shorewood School District on Monday released revised recommendations to address a $1.95 million budget gap. became a little bit easier after the , as the district can borrow money to refinance debt and shift funds out of their operating fund, saving about $620,000 next year.

A Shorewood man is facing charges of manufacturing and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, after Shorewood Police served a search warrant on the man's apartment at 1320 East Capitol Dr., Apt. 302. Michael Arndt, 21, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday after an apartment manager alerted police.

The roughly seven-month East Capitol Drive reconstruction project may have wrapped up a few bricks short. Bricks installed in a couple crosswalks as part of the massive state project in Shorewood — that wrapped just a few months ago — have fallen apart and been patched up with asphalt.

Driving through Shorewood and Whitefish Bay, carefully dodging potholes in the pavement, one observes SUV's passing by and planes flying overhead. Children are playing in the streets. Over there, driving through towns one must be on the keen lookout for any discrepancy in the roadway. SUV's are passing by and planes are flying overhead. Children are in the streets.

Rough estimates released Friday have the village looking at up to $10 million in support of the , with a new village tax district. A financial consultant to the village, Ehlers and Associates, released financial specifics on the proposed project at a Community Development Authority meeting Friday.

Shorewood was victim to a string of auto break-ins Monday, with four homes targeted overnight, and . A home in the 3500 block of North Murray Avenue was burglarized with several items taken from the home including the keys to the homeowner’s 2010 Toyota Prius, which was stolen out of the home’s garage. Police are waiting on a list stolen items from the homeowner.