herbicides in Lake Maspenock

Lake Maspenock advocates push for limited use of herbicides to control weeds

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Sep 25, 2023

Thickening invasive weeds in Lake Maspenock have some residents calling for a potential limited use of herbicides to contain the growing problem that threatens to choke off the aquatic life there. “The problem has been going on for years,” explained Sabine St. Pierre,...

Letter to the Editor: No herbicides in lake

by Hopkinton Independent | Dec 11, 2019

To the Editor: Here we go again. I will start by pointing out that our town voted against herbicides in Lake Maspenock by a two-thirds majority at full town meeting spring 2015. Also it is important to note that the Weed Committee did not vote unanimously for...