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PUBLISHED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO BY BEACON STAFF AND CORRESPONDENTS ANIMAL SERVICES ........................Page 24-26 COUNTY EXTENSION .....................Page 36 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT .........Page 44 EDUCATION ...................................Page 37-40 BY THE NUMBERS ............................Page 4 GOVERNMENT ...........................Page 15-17, 36 CHURCHES ..................................Page 41, 45-46 HEALTH SERVICES ........................Page 18-19 CLUbs AND ORGANIZATIONS......Page 42-43 OUR BEACHES ..............................Page 10-14 OUR TOWNS ..................................Page 28-34 NEWCOMERS' GUIDE .....................Page 22 PLACES TO GO .............................Page 34-35 PUBLIC SAFETY ................................Page 50 RECREATION .............................Page 47-49, 51 RETIREMENT .............................Page 20,23 WELCOME .....................................Page 2 WHO WE ARE ...............................Page 7-9 4 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, 2008 By the numbers •Brunswick County’s population in 2006 was 94,945, according the U.S. Census Bureau. 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