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Athens neighborhood targeted by anti-Semitic flyers

Residents of the Boulevard neighborhood were targeted by anti-Semitic flyers on Monday morning.
Neil Werfel
Residents of the Boulevard neighborhood were targeted by anti-Semitic flyers on Monday morning.

Residents in the Boulevard neighborhood in Athens were targeted Monday with dozens of anti-Semitic flyers that were distributed throughout the area.

Sabrina Orah-Mark's Home was one of those that received a flyer.

"I woke up in the morning to walk my sons to school and I found hate speech basically wrapped up in little plastic sandwich bags in my driveway," she said. "I went on to our neighborhood Facebook page to see if we were specifically targeted or it was the entire neighborhood, and it turned out it was our neighborhood and a few other neighborhoods in Athens."

The flyers were circulated sometime on Sunday night or early Monday morning. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Mark has been victimized. She received a similar flyer about a year ago.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!