MTA Pres. Max Page on the Amherst Schools and liberal arts defunding; ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis, playwrights Tayla Kingston (Wam Theater) & Patrick Gabridge (Plays in Place) on “Pulling at the Roots” three plays about Northampton; Conway School trustees Bill Dwight and Mollie Babize, on its 50th anniversary and our future.