By Andrew David Kuczkowski The unofficial Fred Fest at the end of the year has many sides to it. They flood the streets in the village of Fredonia like above, as they pack a house on Day Street. Homeowners in the area have to stand up to protect their property from those who kick back too far.

John Marsh sat on his porch with one leg up on the rail and the other flat on the concrete.

He was not in a happy mood Friday.

Why?

Fred Fest.

The now-unofficial end-of-the-year celebration for the State University of New York at Fredonia students still brings together massive crowds. Rowdy college students that still drink in droves on the streets of the village, still march house to house leaving their excess of cans in the yards and still disappoint and enrage Marsh.

In front of Marsh’s home is a sight of chaos, pictured above. Marsh has to defend his house on his free time as his may be the next to be littered on.

“I don’t want anybody past that sidewalk,” Marsh said.

Marsh’s emotions stem from what he has already experienced. To his right, around 20 partiers circle a beer pong table in a driveway as cheers erupt on made shots; In front of him is about a couple hundred drinkers with puffs of smoke coming out of the group that has an eerie smell unlike cigarettes. To his left is a building that kept him awake Friday night.

“I’ll be awake for most of the night,” Marsh said, then pointed to the building to his left. “The house next door got a door busted in last night.”

This is just one street on one part of the village. Marsh believes the Fredonia Village Police are not doing what they should to minimize the damage the students create on this two-day celebration. He noted that the landlords should take a hands-on approach when it comes to the packs of people that wander their properties.

To really encapsulate the experience of not-Fred Fest, go no farther than Fredonia Village Police. Upon entering its facility, you go into a room of one-way mirrors with seats. And if you entered on a Friday or Saturday evening, the first thing they ask once they move the sliding one-way glass window is “Are you here to post bail for someone?”

Numbers of the arrests made from the Fredonia Village Police will be in Monday’s OBSERVER.

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