Here are some facts about The Oread, at 12th and Indiana streets. • Size: 99 guest rooms, plus about nine privately owned condos that will be on the sixth, seventh and eighth floors of the building.

On a recent warm, sunny Monday at Oread Castle Park in Worcester’s 4th District, a child plays with a soccer ball. Sitting on the grass near the playground, however, is an empty syringe.

WORCESTER — A 26-year-old Leominster woman was struck by a freight train in the area of Oread Street early Wednesday, suffering non-fatal injuries, according to police. Medical crews and ...