Valentine’s sweets for your Valentine’s sweeties

Lorine Campbell of The Chocolate Tree, seen in foreground, tries to take care of customers as quickly as she can Tuesday afternoon at Beaufort’s popular confectioner on Carteret Street. Acting manager Leslie Connor said the staff has been working non-stop since the store opened and will be just as busy on Valentines Day. “We’ll even have a few stragglers come in the day after because they forgot,” she said. Bob Sofaly/The Island News