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Walk in the Bark New name, new owner, same location for pet grooming business in the city By JOe EMAnsKi The building at 137 Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown has been home to a pet grooming business for the better part of 15 years. Entrepreneur Zachary Moon has ensured that the location remains home to a pet grooming into the foreseeable future, even after the business that called it home since 2011 — Little Friends Pet Grooming — has closed. Moon assumed operations and ownership of the business in March, taking over from Jen Procaccino, who had owned Little Friends. He renamed the business Jurassic Bark. The hand-off went smoothly, with Procaccino staying on board as a member of the Jurassic Bark staff. Thanks to Procaccino, some of Little Friends’ customers have now become Jurassic Bark customers. “It’s been going well,” says Moon, 35. “I got to take over some of her clients, and you know, this is Bordentown, so there are always people walking
their dogs around. So some of them are coming in, saying hi, seeing that it’s a new business and coming to try us out.” Moon says he has been around pets his whole life, and always knew that the pet grooming business was the career path for him. He spent years working at a groomer at Petsmart, but says he always wanted to open up a place of his own. “When the opportunity came up and Jen talked to me about starting up a business here, I said, ‘Absolutely.’” Jurassic Bark offers full body clipping service, trim-up service, bath service and nailtrimming service. A full-service appointment takes around two hours. Most services are by appointment only, with the exception of dog nail trims. All cat services require appointments as well. Moon says that he wants Jurassic Bark to provide a “clean, open environment, a relaxing spa place to bring your pet.” A Burlington resident, Moon grew up in Hamilton Township, attending Langtree Elementary School, Crockett Middle School and Steinert High. Dad Scott worked in corrections, and mom Stacey is a librarian at the Hamilton Township Public Library. Moon says customers have See BarK, Page 4
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Luke Sutphen, a former Bordentown Bulldog and senior at The Hun School of Princeton, is planning to continue his football career at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
From Bordentown to West Point Former Bulldogs football player accepted to U.S. Military Academy
By Justin Feil Luke Sutphen was only 4 years old when he started playing football for the Bordentown Bulldogs. Fifteen years later, he will continue the sport at West Point Military Academy as an inside
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linebacker. He reports for West Point’s Cadet Basic Training, also known as Beast Barracks, on July 1. “I think it is pretty amazing to look back on my youth days in Bordentown and see who I am now,” Sutphen said. “Like how much work I put in.” Sutphen is proud of the steps he took to eventually make a commitment to one of the most prestigious college opportunities available. There were plenty of challenges along the
way to earn playing time in high school, increase his size and speed and prove himself to college recruiters. It was a steady progression for Sutphen from the time he put on the pads for the first time with the Bulldogs. He started as a defensive end and tight end, but that didn’t last too long beyond his youth football days, which ended in eighth grade when he moved to The Hun School of Princeton. Sutphen had the abilSee SUTPHEN, Page 6
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