The city’s insurance provider will pick up nearly all of the cost to replace a $1.1 million ladder truck that was severely damaged when the ladder struck power lines in October during a training session.

A proposal to drop one or shorten them at meetings is rejected, but councilors decide to eliminate workshop meetings and go to four regular business meetings a month.

The woman was trying to cross Broadway near Cottage Road.

Carlos Ordonez, 69, whose body was found by a man walking his dog, took his own life, authorities say.