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OnDemand rides keep rolling in Newport News
Plus, discounted Virginia Zoo tickets for Hampton Roads residents.
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OnDemand
If you ride HRT's OnDemand Ridesharing, service in Newport News, now in its third year, will continue beyond Jan. 2. Chesapeake and Hampton's pilot was extended through Jan. 2, 2027, and fares are $2 per person, per ride. WAVY.com
$2per person, per ride on HRT's OnDemand Ridesharing
That's the same fare as HRT's other modes of transit. Qualified Paratransit riders and Student Freedom Pass holders ride free.
Source: WAVY.com
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The Virginia Department of Energy now has access to four decades of NASA weather data through a no-cost partnership with NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton. Ashish Sedai, the department's associate director of energy modeling and innovation, said it will help planning "not just in normal conditions, but in all kinds of extreme and stress conditions." WHRO
Zoo deal
The Virginia Zoo is offering $12.50 adult and child tickets to Hampton Roads residents on select Community Days in November. Buy online in advance, and bring a valid ID showing your address or a recent utility bill. Military News
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Friday, Nov. 6
- 5:30 a.m.Winter Lantern Festival at Jamestown Settlement
- 9 a.m.-5 p.m."Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation" Special Exhibition
- 6-9 p.m.Lighting of the Cressets
- 7-9 p.m.Monster Jam Begins
- 7:30-9 p.m.Virginia Opera Presents Pagliacci
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Monet and Matisse are showing up at CNU. French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 puts 59 works from the Brooklyn Museum's European collection in the Ferguson Center for the Arts' Diamonstein Concert Hall, and it's free on Saturday, Nov. 7. Très chic.
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OnDemand rides keep rolling in Newport News
Plus, discounted Virginia Zoo tickets for Hampton Roads residents.

The TLDR
- HRT OnDemand keeps going in Newport News past Jan. 2
- NASA Langley shares weather data with the state
- Virginia Zoo Community Days: $12.50 tickets
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