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Benicia Celebrates Heritage Tree

A group of tree-minded citizens helped celebrate Benicia's first Heritage Tree.

A small group of tree enthusiasts congregated at City Park Saturday morning, May 21 to help commemorate the city's first .   Wolfram Alderson, Executive Director of the Benicia Tree Foundation, spoke briefly about the tree, a California Live Oak estimated to be from 70 to 100 years old.

Among those present at the brief ceremony were Vice-Mayor Alan Schwartzman, school board member Bonnie Weidel and acting Economic Development Director Mario Giuliani who is also the city staff liaison to the Benicia Tree Foundation.

Patch columnists Ed Brennan, Belinda Smith and Allison Fleck were also in attendance as was publisher of Benicia Magazine,  Jeanne Steinmann.

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