Avalon Borough will charge less for garbage collection this year, and possibly institute some new collection procedures, after a standing-room-only crowd debated officials for more than an hour and a half at Tuesday's borough council meeting.

Hip-hop: Most people either hate or love the genre of music linked to bands such as Notorious B.I.G, Naz, Public Enemy, Lil Wayne.

And for most people over 40, it's probably more the former -- hate -- than the latter, with little chance that anything might change their minds.

Really, now. CD jackets with "Parental Advisory" prominently displayed, lyrics sometimes built around violence, drugs, life in the 'hood.

Not exactly North Boroughs fare.

Aluminum gutters were reported stolen from a California Avenue home on March 11.

Vehicle break-ins were discovered on California Avenue on March 15 and on Cleveland Avenue on March 16. An attempted vehicle break-in was reported on Orchard Avenue on March 16. A navigation system and other items were reported stolen from the vehicle on Cleveland Avenue.

Amy Lynn Morgan, 35, of the North Side, was charged with criminal trespass at an ohio River Boulevard business on March 17.

A vehicle was reported stolen from Cleveland Avenue on Jan. 17. The keys also were taken, from inside the house, and police have identified a suspect.

Derron Patterson, 34, of Jackman Avenue, was cited for disorderly conduct on Jan. 15 after he was reportedly found with a small amount of suspected marijuana outside his home.

Paris Lundy, 22, of McKeesport, was charged with criminal mischief on Jan. 15 after police were called to a disturbance on Taylor Avenue and were told that Lundy had kicked in the door of a home during an argument with another male.

Alice Koenig Alice Faulkner Koenig, 64, of Emsworth, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. She is survived by her husband, Mark W. Koenig; six children, Laura Arcan and her husband Metin, Bob Faulkner, Tom Faulkner and his wife Debbie, Brian Faulkner and his wife Jill, Eric Faulkner and his wife Stacy and Alice Mack and her husband Ken; two siblings, Ralph Earl and Audrey Karr; 12 grandchildren, Bobby, Brandi, Ben, Amanda, Jeremiah, Brian Jr., Connor, Trevor, Peyton, Katelyn, Jeremy and Kenny; and nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Faulkner.

Kathleen Snyder Kathleen E. Snyder died Wednesday, June 10, 2009. She is survived by her goddaughter, Kathleen Starkey Cooley and her husband Timothy and their children, Allison and Jordan Cooley; her cousin, Jefferson Starkey and his wife Shannon and godchildren Shawn and Aleisha Starkey. She was preceded in death by her mother, Catherine Miller Snyder; her uncle, Louis Miller; and her cousin, Judith Mulder. Friends were received at Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home, North Side. A funeral mass was held in Risen Lord Church on Saturday.

Terry Ingerick