gary swetland

PORTVILLE — Once again, the “elves” at Portville Central School have been scurrying around collecting Presents for Panthers — making sure no student g...

PORTVILLE — The seniors at Portville Central School have been as busy as Santa’s elves preparing for Christmas. They made their lists — and checked th...

LITTLE VALLEY — Gary Swetland, a government and economics teacher at Portville High School, gave Cattaraugus County lawmakers a short course Wednesday...

CATTARAUGUS — In its seventeenth year of honoring local athletic figures, the Cattaraugus County Sports Hall of Fame reflected different generations o...

From the city in the grips of the Spanish influenza epidemic to honoring the blood of soldiers with donated pints locally, from all eyes on Jackie O’s...

In a way, I should have written this column last fall. But at the time, Dave Waugh’s death was just too difficult for me to grasp. How unfair, I thoug...

The list is a Who’s Who of Big 30 football coaches since 1980. Carl Defilippi (Smethport), George Whitcher (Salamanca), Gary Swetland (Portville), Mik...

PORTVILLE — On the night he was named Portville Central School’s next football coach, Josh Brooks was, fittingly, on a football field. The Board of Ed...

PORTVILLE — Gary Swetland has always been an avid outdoorsman. So on the eve of making an announcement that would be life-changing, the longtime Portv...

PORTVILLE — Even as Portville Central School District teachers and administrators cleaned out Dave Waugh’s sixth-grade classroom Friday — three days a...

PORTVILLE — Gary Swetland had never endured a season like it in 25 years as Portville Central School’s football coach. Neither had the PCS program dur...

Coaches will quickly warn their players: It’s not football, don’t take too much out of it, win or lose. But area high school football teams get the ch...

OLEAN — Government teachers have found it fairly easy to lesson plan during this election cycle. With what many have called a “volatile” and “unpreced...