Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 15, 2020
PORTVILLE — Once again, the “elves” at Portville Central School have been scurrying around collecting Presents for Panthers — making sure no student g...
Cattaraugus County, Local News
Dec 23, 2019
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...
News, Olean
Sep 12, 2019
LITTLE VALLEY — Gary Swetland, a government and economics teacher at Portville High School, gave Cattaraugus County lawmakers a short course Wednesday...
Big 30, Columnists, Local Sports, ...
Apr 04, 2019
CATTARAUGUS — In its seventeenth year of honoring local athletic figures, the Cattaraugus County Sports Hall of Fame reflected different generations o...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Oct 15, 2018
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...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 21, 2018
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...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Aug 28, 2018
The list is a Who’s Who of Big 30 football coaches since 1980. Carl Defilippi (Smethport), George Whitcher (Salamanca), Gary Swetland (Portville), Mik...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Jun 26, 2018
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...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Mar 30, 2018
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 07, 2017
PORTVILLE — Even as Portville Central School District teachers and administrators cleaned out Dave Waugh’s sixth-grade classroom Friday — three days a...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 22, 2017
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...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Jul 09, 2017
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...
News
Nov 08, 2016
OLEAN — Government teachers have found it fairly easy to lesson plan during this election cycle. With what many have called a “volatile” and “unpreced...
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