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The Milledgeville City Council hosted its first meeting of the year Jan. 13 with the new council fully present, excluding Mayor Mary Paham-Copelan, who was absent due to sickness.Mayor pro-tem Denese Shinholster began the meeting by reading the Emancipation Proclamation, celebrating the Jan. 1, 1863, anniversary when the proclamation reached the “border states” and was enforced in th...