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Political pundits were incredibly surprised when Richard Feeney upset Gordon Dunbar for a seat on the city council. Feeney, a former RCA and Univac executive, received nearly double the votes of his opponent, campaigning on a clean-air industry.…

The Mummers Parade has long been a Philadelphia tradition in which residents wear disguises on New Year’s Day. Since Palm Beach Gardens was a relatively new city in 1963, many of its residents were RCA employees who had been transferred from their…

Workers assemble personal computers at the RCA plant in Palm Beach Gardens. The company employed 3,400 people during its heyday, but closed its operations in 1972.

The city's first commercial building permit was issued in 1960 for the construction of RCA, a manufacturing and electronics company. On May 25, 1961, the $4 million plant opened. It was located at the western end of Monet Road, later renamed RCA…