John Sullivan and Karla Bertrand, both visiting from Boston, enjoy a crisp late summer afternoon Friday near the fountain in Sweetser Park in Amherst. Sullivan, who attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, was reading aloud from “Red Seas Under Red Skies” by Scott Lynch. Summer officially ends Monday at 3:50 a.m. Eastern time.
John Sullivan and Karla Bertrand, both visiting from Boston, enjoy a crisp late summer afternoon Friday near the fountain in Sweetser Park in Amherst. Sullivan, who attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, was reading aloud from “Red Seas Under Red Skies” by Scott Lynch. Summer officially ends Monday at 3:50 a.m. Eastern time. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

AMHERST – John Sullivan and Karla Bertrand, both visiting from Boston, enjoy a crisp late summer afternoon Friday near the fountain in Sweetser Park. Sullivan, who attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, was reading aloud from “Red Seas Under Red Skies” by Scott Lynch. Summer officially ends Monday at 3:50 a.m. Eastern time.