2009-09-24 / Front Page

Babylon Town to use predator carp in waterways to reel in pesky pond weed

By Lena Pennino
Richard Nicewicz, 72, sails very small boats but has a big problem: pond weeds. Every week, Nicewicz used to race his remotecontrol sailboat at Babylon Town Hall Pond. But this year—due to an infestation of a foreign pond weed— he moved his ship to Feller’s Pond in Lindenhurst and Lake Ronkonkoma.

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