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Meet the 2017 Maine State Spelling Bee Contestants
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Androscoggin County Champion: Thomas Faries
Age 11
Grade 5
St. Dominic Academy
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Aroostook County Champion: Brady Holmes, Age 13, Grade 8 , Ashland District School
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Cumberland County Champion: Naomi Zarin,
Age 12, Grade 8, Friends School of Portland
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Franklin County Champion: Moriah Reusch, Age 12, Grade 6, Mt. Blue Middle School
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Hancock County Champion: Colin Aponte, Age 12, Grade 7, Downeast Homeschool Co-op
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Kennebec County Champion: Nina Dabas, Age 11, Grade: 5, Mount Merici Academy
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Knox County Champion: Claire Wyman , Age 14, Grade: 8, Appleton Village School
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Lincoln County Champion: Isaac Wyer, Age 12, Grade 7, Bristol Consolidated School
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Oxford County Champion: Brooke Landry, Age 12, Grade 6,
Sacopee Valley Middle School
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Piscataquis County Champion: Adam Taylor, Age 12, Grade 6, SeDoMoCha Middle School
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Sagadahoc County Champion: Celeste Gray
Age 10
Grade 5
Bowdoinham Community School
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Somerset County Champion: Cade Goodell
Age 14
Grade 8
Skowhegan Area Middle School
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Washington County Champion: Alyssa Turner,
Age 14,
Grade 8,
Narraguagas Junior High School
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York County Champion: Sam Hanson, Age 13, Grade 8, Berwick Academy
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HEAD JUDGE - Michael Ashmore
Program Development & Training Officer,
Maine Commission for Community Service
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JUDGE - Heather Davis, Executive Director,
LearningWorks
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JUDGE - Steve Weigle, Portable Library Manager,
Portland Public Library
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PRONOUNCER - Jeannine Uzzi, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Southern Maine
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