Waterville’s Fire Chief David LaFountain’s announcement Tuesday that four downtown buildings do not have functioning sprinkler systems and a fire on May 3, prompted councilors to form a panel to study downtown fire safety issues.

Police say a motorcyclist, Bruce Morgan, 48, of Chelsea, was killed Tuesday night when his Harley-Davidson rolled on top of him.

Gary Noyes is accused of sexually assaulting two girls between 2007 and 2011 when both were juveniles.

Antonio Liquori says he put up the statue last year as part of a West Springfield beautification project in which business owners adopted traffic islands to maintain.