Anderson Island’s only store, gas station closes after nearly 50 years

About 1,500 people live year-round on Anderson Island in South Puget Sound.

Monday, Feb. 2, was a hard day for island resident Barbara Lake, who closed the island’s only general store for the last time. The store served as a grocery, post office and gas station.

Lake told Tacoma News Tribune reporter Becca Most about her struggle to keep the doors to this community resource open…

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