I am New Jersey 101.5's Senior Producer for Morning News and Special Programming, also serving as lead reporter and fill-in anchor for "New Jersey's First News." I was formerly the station's Evening News Anchor from 2013 to 2016. I'm proud to be a member of our on-air and digital teams which were honored by the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, for coverage of the 2016 Seaside Park bombing, and by the New Jersey Broadcasters Association, for the 2015 fatal Amtrak derailment. I got my start in radio at The College of New Jersey, on student-run WTSR-FM, and graduated from TCNJ in 2009. Before coming to 101.5, I did news and sports for WGHT-AM in Pompton Lakes and WYNY-FM in Milford, PA. In a previous life as a child actor, I appeared in the Broadway cast of "Beauty and the Beast" from 1994 to 1996. I live in Hunterdon County with my wife, Kristen, and our 6-pound toy poodle and life of the party, Archie.
Patrick Lavery
Don’t want to use the ‘q’ word, but this week’s NJ weather is…
There's a superstition in every newsroom I've ever worked in: Never say it's a "quiet" news day. Almost as soon as those words leave your lips, inevitably, something huge will happen.
Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s alright
Following one more dreary day Friday, New Jersey will lighten up a bit for its first weekend of Spring 2019.
Not just corned beef — St. Patrick’s Day in NJ is learning experience
There is much about the holiday that's been misconstrued over the years, and much rich history to share with the 1 million-plus Irish descendants within New Jersey's borders.
A mixed bag of weather these next couple of days in NJ
We will go from chilly sunshine to the return of flurries to a brief warmup, then right back to wet weather, all within about a 72-hour period this week in the Garden State.
NJ kids can ‘Shout Down Drugs’ in annual songwriting competition
A music contest with an anti-drug message, made by and for teenagers, is entering its 15th year in New Jersey.
Frigid overnight, dry for the weekend — a few flurries today?
The flurries are not expected to be a nuisance, however.
Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
New Jersey's deep freeze directly impacted our staff as we returned from a stormy weekend.
Jersey Shore group increases resources for opioid-dependent moms
Opioid addiction has hit just about every demographic in New Jersey in some way, but now there is a concentrated and proactive effort underway to focus in on deterring expectant and postpartum mothers from returning to these destructive drugs.
NJ’s undocumented immigrant population on the decline
The data from the Pew Research Center finds that from 2007 through 2016, the Garden State's decrease of 90,000 was the sixth-largest of any state in the U.S.
Flashmob and dances will raise money, demonstrate kindness
For the upcoming World Kindness Week, the nonprofit organization Life Vest Inside is preparing its annual global flashmob and fundraiser, the Dance for Kindness, which will be in two New Jersey towns on the same day.
Monmouth County group is more than just prom dresses
Cinderella's Closet has replaced one major annual event, and is currently preparing for its only fundraiser of 2018.
Parkway exact change lanes, coin baskets finally being phased out
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will be removing coin baskets from the 11 mainline Garden State Parkway toll plazas, replacing their "exact change" designations with full service or E-ZPass only lanes.