Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 29

• Former ald. Joe Moreno, already facing felony charges, crashes into 8 parked cars (ABC)
• The Washington Park Christmas tree has been vandalized three times (Block Club)
• Here's where you can recycle Christmas trees in Chicago (Block Club)
• Developer seeks to build 32K SF of retail with 176 spaces on E. Pilsen vacant lot (Block Club)
• New Midnight Merauders bike group formed (no, not the old Midnight *Marauders* group)
• Submit bike lane obstructions to Bike Lane Uprising and you might win a pair of Bar Mitts
• Metra to offer free train rides, holiday schedule on New Year's Eve (NBC)

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