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The Wampanoag flag outside Mashpee Town Hall flew at half-staff this week in remembrance of Okemos R. Brown, 4, of Mashpee, a member of the Wampanoag Tribe who died from injuries sustained in a car accident last Thursday morning, January 21.
Falmouth Police Department responded to the on-ramp from Route 151 to Route 28 Northbound, where officers found that an accident had occurred involving a sedan and a commercial truck. A medical helicopter was requested to transport the 4-year-old to a Boston-area hospital. The driver of the sedan sustained minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation, according to the Falmouth Police Department.
Okemos was a preschooler at Kenneth C. Coombs School in Mashpee. Mashpee Public Schools Superintendent Patricia M. DeBoer described Okemos as a âbright light to all that knew himâ in an email informing the school community of the boyâs death.
Celeste A. Reynolds has many roles at Mashpee Middle-High School. She teaches Advanced Placement human geography, womenâs studies, current events and senior seminar, and she is the coordinator for senior seminar projects. She was recently awarded distinguished teacher by the National Council For Geographic Education.
âI was shocked. I didnât know that my colleague had nominated me,â Ms. Reynolds said.
She said her passion for Open Street Map is primarily why her colleague, Gregory Hill, an AP human geography teacher from Plano, Texas, nominated her for the award.
âHeâs actually started to use OSM in his classroom, and heâs said that he wouldnât have started using it if I hadnât introduced it to him,â she said. âIâm very passionate about Open Street Mapping; itâs like a Wikipedia of maps. Itâs based off of volunteer mappers.â