When Walt Disney was considering locations for a new theme park in Florida, he held discussions with John MacArthur about the up and coming City of Palm Beach Gardens. MacArthur needed some kind of industry to attract new residents and believed…
The 43 year old buildings for Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School were demolished in 2007, and a new larger school opened at the same location in 2008. CR Klewin Southeast Inc, GG and Davco Electrical Contractors were tasked with building, replacing…
The new Emergency Operations Center (EOC), dedicated on June 7, 2011, provides a secure, high-tech, 10,000-square-foot fortress. It was designed to withstand hurricane force winds of up to 205 mph so as to house all government and emergency response…
Ribbon Cutting for the new Palm Beach Gardens Fire Station. Pictured from left to right are Robert Carlson, E.B. Shearin, Walt Wiley, Millard "Peel" Summers, Anthony Boniello, and James DeLonga.
During Fire Prevention Week in October 1978, Fire Chief Ed Arrants dedicated the original fire station "to the memory of the department's charter members, some of whom are still with us, some of whom have passed on, but all of whom have given a great…
Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department, with Fire Chief Ed Arrants (front center), as displayed in Florida Fireman, the Official Monthly Publication of the Florida State Fireman's Association.
{Front page image preserved by Kathie Arrants; Photograph…
The Palm Beach Gardens Khoury League Baseball Team during the 1964 Season. The League was first introduced in 1934 by George M. Khoury, as a way for children and pre-teens to get involved in sports without being clobbered by bigger players. Today,…