Hampton Roads Transit will offer free rides on Election Day, allowing riders across the area to use its service without paying a fare that day.

The temporary fare waiver is useful to know for voters planning a trip to the polls, as well as commuters and other residents making Election Day travel plans.

Riders can factor the free service into their transportation plans without assuming the offer is limited to voting-related trips.

Virginia Beach Job Fair

Virginia Beach career fair happening Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. It highlights a wide range of job openings, including nursing, engineering, trades, CDL, and public safety positions, with some on-the-spot interviews available.

You can pre-register for the event here.

Newport News Opens Applications for Homeowner Housing Relief Grants

Newport News has launched the Resident First Housing Relief Grant Program, a $300,000 initiative to help homeowners facing financial strain. Applications are open from October 1 through December 31 and will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

To qualify, residents must own and live in a Newport News home, meet income requirements, and spend more than 30% of household income on housing costs.

Approved grants will not be paid directly to homeowners; the city will apply them as credits toward June real property tax balances. The program is intended to ease housing costs for eligible local households.

For program details, eligibility requirements, required documentation, and application options, visit the City of Newport News’ website.

• A garden built by hand: Norfolk Botanical Garden began in 1938 with a crew of 200 Black women and 20 Black men who cleared the land for its first plantings.
• A landfill with a view: Virginia Beach’s Mount Trashmore Park opened in 1974 on the site of a former landfill.
• Before NASA: Langley Research Center in Hampton began in 1917 as the nation’s first civilian aeronautics laboratory—more than four decades before NASA was established.
• A turning point at Fort Monroe: In 1861, three men who had escaped enslavement sought refuge at the Union-held fort in Hampton. Its commander refused to return them, calling them “contraband of war.”

Hampton Roads has a bridge-tunnel, which sounds like a very ambitious piece of infrastructure.

Apparently, the bridge and the tunnel both wanted the job, so Virginia made them share a shift.

The California HoneyDrops

The California Honeydrops perform live at the Norva with special guest Jontavious Willis

Lauren Alaina: The Stages Tour

R&B Comedy Experience

R&B Comedy Experience with special guest Jon B.

Milk & Honey Southern Inspired Kitchen

A former church provides the setting for this Norfolk restaurant. Its official site highlights she-crab soup, seafood and steaks, and recommends reservations. Pair a meal with time exploring the Freemason neighborhood.

This is an unpaid editorial restaurant feature.