Chocolatier expects last-minute rush for sweet treats

It's easy to tell what holiday arrives tomorrow just by glancing inside at Chesapeake Chocolates.

The store in the Island Plaza in Stevensville might display candy graduation caps decorated in school colors in May and June, or become a pastel ocean of sweetness before Easter. But today, everything is heart-shaped or wrapped in shiny red foil.

"Everybody wants something in the shape of a heart, wrapped in red ribbon or heart ribbons," owner Suzy Gregson said. "They just want it to be very, very red."

An unflappable veteran of over 30 years making chocolate, including five years on the island, she's been going with the ebb...