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Jennifer Puzzo competes in the Third Annual Higgins Middle School Spelling Bee Feb. 27 at the Northshore Mall in Peabody.Thirty students — the top 10 spellers from each class — were selected through a qualifying process that included all of Higgins' roughly 1,350 students. (Photo by Mike Springer)