Island teacher, rock musician dies at 62

Laurie Lindeen, an English teacher at Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School and former frontwoman for the all-woman grunge band Zuzu’s Petals, died from a brain aneurysm at the age of 62 on July 1. “She was a wonderful teacher and had great, great relationships with her students,” Peter Steedman, director of the charter school, told the Times. “It’s a real shock to our community.” Lindeen, who moved to the Island in 2022, was a teacher at the Charter School for two years before her passing. Steedman said she attended every...