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Claire Alvarado is a staff writer at The Brookline Standard whose work spans community reporting, civic commentary, and the kind of sustained local observation she regards as the most important thing a regional paper can offer its readers.

Alvarado writes with a directness and warmth that has made her community coverage particularly well-regarded among readers, though her commentary pieces have drawn a wider readership and occasional controversy.

She is a contributor to the Standard's civic commentary section and has written about the role of local journalism in communities that feel underrepresented by larger media outlets.