Great Neck sixth-grader wins LI spelling bee

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Brian Liu, 11, a sixth-grader at Great Neck North Middle School, won the ScholarSkills Long Island Spelling Bee in Dix Hills. He beat 47 other spellers, winning with a word that people see on menus all the time: "Bolognese." Credit: Gary Licker, photo credit: Steve Pfost / Newsday