Winthrop Police Chief John Goodwin is slated to retire on October 31 of this year.
In his report to the town council this week, Marino said the town has completed the Police Chief Assessment Center and interviews with four internal candidates to be Winthrop’s next Police Chief.
“We will announce this week who the next Police Chief will be and look forward to the swearing-in ceremony at the Town Council Meeting on October 6, 2026,” Marino stated.
Goodwin was sworn in as police chief in July of 2024, taking over for former Chief Terence Delehanty. Prior to becoming chief, Goodwin served for over 30 years in the Winthrop and Revere police departments.
Marino also had several major construction updates in his report to the council.
Construction bids for the new fire station on Pauline Street came in, and the low bidder for the project was G&R Construction out of Hanover.
“The bid came in under our estimators’ projection, and the project is on time and under budget overall,” Marino stated. “Construction will begin at the beginning of October as we finish up the stormwater pipe installation and the retaining wall against the old gymnasium wall.”
Improvements are also underway for the girls softball field at Ingleside Park, with work begun on a dugout.
“We also poured a new slab behind the backstop fence for a storage shed that will store the outfield fence and a lawnmower to cut the grass around the infield and drag the infield dirt to prevent weed growth,” stated Marino.
In other infrastructure news, Marino said a deteriorating structure located at 242/244 Grandview Avenue has been removed, and the town is moving forward with getting pricing to install a new rip-rap structure to prevent erosion.