PORTSMOUTH — The Lollipop Tree gourmet food business was sold at auction to a New York flour manufacturer with no obligation to keep the business operating in Portsmouth or to retain its employees. By ...

PORTSMOUTH — Two decades ago, Laurie Lynch was a mother of two preschoolers who decided to make up a batch of pepper jelly from a family recipe to bring for the food table at a craft fair. Today, she ...

PORTSMOUTH — It all started with one batch of pepper jelly on a kitchen stove in Rye 25 years ago, when Laurie Lynch was trying to support three growing children and her husband, Bob, was commuting to ...

PORTSMOUTH — The downtown gourmet food store, the Lollipop Tree, was recently sold at auction to a New York-based businessman following months of court hearings related to the embattled business in ...