We’re making some changes on one of our prime reporting beats, the courts.

For the past six years our court reporter has been Greg Kesich. An award-winning journalist, Greg has written, or contributed to, just about every major story we’ve covered since the start of the decade. This includes - but is not limited to - clergy sex abuse, allegations of abuse at the Portland Police Department and the Newry quadruple homicide.

Greg has been promoted to editorial writer, and his new assignment begins Monday. He’s sharp, intelligent and witty, and readers of the opinion pages are going to enjoy his commentaries. I’m going to miss having him on the city staff because besides being a top-notch journalist with great story ideas, he’s fun to work with.

To replace him, we’re promoting Trevor Maxwell to the courts beat. Trevor joined the newspaper in early 2005 as our night cops reporter, where he distinguished himself covering the murder of a 14-year-old Fayette girl by her classmate. He moved to the metro desk last summer to cover South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.

Trevor (along with Greg) was a member of the Press Herald reporting team that won the Society of Professional Journalists’ national Sigma Delta Chi award for their coverage of the Newry homicides. He’s a strong writer and enterprising reporter, so readers should expect to see many of his stories about Maine courts and the legal system on the front page. You can e-mail him tips at tmaxwell@pressherald.com.

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