Wellesley's old trees in category of their own

The town is known locally for having a slew of the oldest trees around, but bugs and age are taking their toll on these champion trees, according to this Boston Globe piece:

“We did have many champions,” said Cricket Vlass, who has served Wellesley as a town landscape planner for more than 25 years, “but one by one we’re losing them. Some were very mature.” And, much as you try, she said, “you can’t make a tree last forever. It’s so hard to see them decline.”