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Lifeguards in Maine will be getting paid more this summer.
Our info partners at CBS 13 News report the new starting wage for lifeguards will increase by 25 percent to $14.71 an hour. Lifeguard supervisors are also receiving a raise.
Officials with the Maine Park Service hope the change will help decrease the shortage of lifeguards in the state.
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