A decade of remembering: Good grows from grief

Top from left: Janie Chase Cozzi, Eli Brookens; bottom from left: Cyrus Zschau, Mary Harris, Liam Hale.
This story by Lee Kahrs was first published in the Waterbury Roundabout on Oct. 7, 2026.You can see them at night, white stars shining on the side of barns, bridges, businesses and homes in the Mad River Valley all the way to Waterbury. Not just during the holidays, but all year round, lit up in remembrance of five lives cut short.On Oct. 8, five families, multiple schools, communities spanni