(Pictured: NEPMA's Bob Leon presents 2018 Bartlett W. Eldridge Award to Joe Barile.)
WOBURN, Mass. — The New England Pest Management Association held its annual Bartlett W. Eldridge Award dinner Dec. 5 to recognize an individual who has made a long-term commitment to the betterment of the pest control industry in New England.
Recipients of this award exemplify a strong service to the industry, a commitment to community service, and an overall acknowledgment by his peers within the industry.
This year’s recipient, Joe Barile, of Bayer, has demonstrated four decades of dedicated service and has made valuable contributions to the pest management industry.
Barile’s years of expertise in cockroach control, termite treatment and mosquito control have helped shape the industry in a positive way.

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