Friday, February 21, 2025

Newport News Resumes Automated Trash Cart and Recycling Cart Collection

Automated Trash (green) cart: Tuesday and Wednesday collection routes, unfinished due to this week's winter weather, will resume on Saturday, Feb.22. Please set your cart out for collection on Saturday morning by 7 a.m. Any Wednesday routes not completed on Saturday will carry over to the next business day, on Monday, Feb. 24. Wednesday and Thursday routes will be collected on Monday, Feb. 24. Any unfinished route will continue to carry over to the next day until returning to your normal day of collection.

Recycling (blue) cart: Red Wednesday and Red Thursday recycling collection routes will resume on Saturday, Feb 22. Please set your cart out for collection on Saturday morning at 7 a.m. Any routes not completed on Saturday will carry over to Monday, Feb. 24.

Bulk: Yellow Week bulk collection will begin, as scheduled, on Monday, Feb. 24. 

Recovery Operations Center (ROC): 

Saturday, Feb. 22 - Normal hours of operation: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Please visit nnva.gov for trash and recycling collection updates, as we work towards restoring your scheduled collection services, as quickly as possible

HRT to Implement Snow Routes

Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) is pleased to reinstate service with Snow Routes on Sat., Feb. 22 as the region continues to recover from this week’s snowstorm.

Under its Snow Route schedule, HRT will provide hourly bus service on designated routes from 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. The Tide light rail and Elizabeth River Ferry will operate every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

However, HRT’s paratransit service, OnDemand ridesharing and the Base Express shuttle at Naval Station Norfolk will not operate due to ice and snow still on secondary roads and residential streets.

HRT is anticipating a return to regular service on Sunday, though a final decision will be announced on Saturday as conditions are surveyed.

Customers may find sidewalks near HRT bus stops still covered with ice and snow, in many cases blocking pedestrian access. Light rail stations and ferry docks have been cleared of snow and treated.

Snow Routes deviate from normal route patterns. Therefore, real-time bus arrival times will not be available on gohrt.com, third-party apps, or from the Customer Service Call Center. Customer Service representatives will only be able to provide estimated arrival times. 

Snow Routes will only serve the following transfer locations: Newport News (NNTC), Hampton (HTC), Downtown Norfolk Transit Center (DNTC), Crawford Street, Duffy’s Lane, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Liberty & Seaboard, Newtown Road, Norfolk General, Robert Hall, Shore & Pleasure House, Victory Crossing Shopping Center, and Parks & 19^th. 

Snow Routes are as follows:

• Northside Snow Routes: 101, 106, 112, 114, 961, 213. Special Route 213 will replace segments of Routes 102, 105 and 118.

• Southside Snow Routes: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 45, 47, 57, 202, 212, 961. Special Route 202 will replace segments of Route 29. Special Route 212 will replace segments of Routes 26, 29 and 36.

Most regular routes and services will be suspended. The following routes will not run during Snow Routes:

• Northside: 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,115, 118.

• Southside: 4, 5, 9, 11 18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 36, 41, 44, 50, 58, 960, 980. 

To learn more about Snow Route schedules, please visit https://gohrt.com/customer-service/snow-route-plan/.

The Customer Service Call Center will be available from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. The Downtown Norfolk, Hampton, and Newport News transit center information booths will be closed. The Silverleaf transit center will be closed. ID card processing and Lost and Found will be unavailable.

Updates will be available throughout the weekend at gohrt.com or by calling HRT Customer Service at 757-222-6100. 

Mind over Money is a financial services firm that focuses on helping individuals manage money better and teaches how to create a secure and free financial future. Owned and operated by Newport News native Tremaine Wills, the firm is located at 2506 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 114.

Tremaine began her career at a major financial corporation, where she gained valuable insight into industry processes and metrics. However, she felt limited by the lack of time available for developing genuine client relationships. In 2014, Ms. Wills decided to step out and slowly start building her own financial services firm that would be relationship based and committed to each client’s goals. During the early stages of building her business, she also taught high school math for several years, which deepened her passion for education. Her teaching experience ultimately influenced her approach to business, as she embraced the role of an educator, guiding clients to make informed financial decisions.

In 2019, Ms. Wills added investment advisory management services to include financial planning, portfolio management, and insurance services to include life, health, disability, and annuities. After working with a number of businesses during the global pandemic, Mind over Money continued its growth and added bookkeeping, accounting, and tax services to its offerings. 

Community involvement is very important to Tremaine’s mission. Mind over Money actively supports charitable initiatives, including rental and energy assistance, youth financial literacy, and homeless and homeowner programs.

Visit their website at mindovermoney.net to learn more about the business.