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Judith Mitzner and Patti Vunk |
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Longtime employee Judith Mitzner is the new owner of the Dolphin Bookshop, Port Washington, N.Y., having purchased the store from Patti Vunk earlier this month. The Port Washington News reported that "Mitzner does not intend to make any substantive changes. She said that customers 'will find the same Dolphin' and over time there will be small steps going forward along the path that Vunk has set in motion."
"We will continue to strengthen the book and toy content," she added. "And we have recently added cold fresh pressed organic juices to the café menu."
Concerning her purchase of the store, Mitzner said, "Everyone who works here never wants to leave. There is something infectious about being in the store. Employees immerse themselves in the details and are vested in its success. It just seemed the natural thing to do."
Vunk said she is "confident with Judith at the helm of the 67-year-old shop. For me, it is like raising a child and then letting it sprout its wings to fly."