Central UP Events

Sand Point Road to Close July 8 – 17 for Culvert Replacement at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore  MUNISING, Mich. – Sand Point Road will be temporarily closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic east of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore boundary from Wednesday, July 8 until Friday, July 17, for a culvert replacement project. The closure may be extended if additional time is needed to complete the work. The Sand Point Marsh Trail, Sand Point Beach, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Headquarters will be inaccessible via Sand Point Road during this time. This closure will not impact access to Munising

exhibition opens July 9 and will be on display through Oct. 3 The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at NMU will open a new exhibition July 9 that features the work of one of the U.P.’s most prolific photographers. It is titled “Munising in Black & White: The Photographs of Mary Jayne Hallifax.” She was an in-demand commercial photographer who also captured numerous candid images of her hometown over seven decades. Hallifax died in 2025 at the age of 96 and donated many of her original negatives to photograph collector Jack Deo, who is loaning 60

In conjunction with the M-35 roundabout construction project, a planned power outage is scheduled for Monday, July 13, beginning at 7:00 a.m.  The planned outage will impact approximately 250 customers, including some in the vicinity of the project area; with the majority of those affected along M-35 south of CR492. The outage is expected to last no more than two hours, with power restored as soon as the work is complete.  If you are signed up for our text message outage notifications, a message will be sent out prior to the outage if you are in the affected area. If

Monday July 13 (10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.) &  Tuesday July 14 (10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.),  Peter White Public Library Community Room.  Youth registered for Summer Reading, and who have been tracking their reading, stop by anytime during Book Fair hours to choose your next free book of the summer! If you haven’t registered for summer reading yet, stop by the Youth Services desk and get your kids signed up! Remember your reading log. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult in the program with them.  No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program,