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Opposition to Elm Place project coalesces in Swampscott Leigh Blander / Correspondent Two new grass-roots groups are fighting a proposed five-story, 128-unit affordable housing project on Elm Place, saying the apartment complex is simply too big for the neighborhood and the town. “It’s a behemoth,” said Anne Driscoll, chair of the Swampscott for Equity Association. “It’s a $60 million project and we re the ones that will be living with it. We need to slow down the process and take a breath. Everything has been happening at lightning speed.” Driscoll’s group is calling for an independent study of the project and is hiring an attorney.

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