After 24 years, Kensington Fire Chief Mark Lewandowski has retired and former fire Captain Jeff Pajor is taking his place.
“It was the appropriate time to step out,” Lewandowski said.
A member of the department since 1980, Lewandowski was presented a plaque for his service during an annual awards event at the Farmington Club earlier this month.
“We’re planning for the future,” he said.
He said it’s important to move people up in the department and to maintain future successions. Pajor was named the new chief after three years as Captain of Kensington Fire. An alum of Berlin High School class of 1995, Pajor joined the department in 1998.
“There has been a wonderful legacy of Chiefs, both in Kensington, and town-wide,” he said. “I hope to follow in their footsteps and continue moving the department forward as Chief Lewandowski had done during his 24 years leading the department.”