I am New Jersey 101.5's Afternoon News Anchor. I was formerly Senior Producer of Morning News and Special Programming here for four years, and Evening News Anchor for another three. I'm proud to be a member of our on-air and digital teams which have been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, and also by the New Jersey and Keystone chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. 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 poodle, Archie.
Patrick Lavery
How to talk to kids about TX school shooting — NJ expert explains
The weight of this can be stressful for adults, according to a Rutgers psychologist, as they may be navigating new territory in discussions with the kids in their lives.
After COVID hiatus, ‘Free Toll Friday’ back on NJ’s Atlantic City Expressway
Chickie's & Pete's will pick up the tab for all cars traveling through the eastbound Egg Harbor toll plaza exit on Friday from 5 to 6 p.m.
145 NJ law enforcement agencies tell you to ‘Click it or Ticket’
Preliminary numbers, through Sunday, already show another 15% bump in crashes and fatalities in 2022 as compared to through May 22, 2021.
‘Ready to go crazy': NJ non-wedding events rebound from COVID
Eventually, as one New Jersey event planner puts it, people need to "crash into each other."
Does NJ have common law? What rights do unmarried couples have?
The short answer is no, but cohabitating New Jersey couples age 62 and older do have some joint rights.
NJ AG warns about price gouging, fraud involving baby formula
The state Division of Consumer Affairs has received approximately 16 consumer complaints about baby formula price gouging to date, roughly half of them in the less than three days since a state of emergency was declared.
Three NJ colleges among nation’s Top 40 best values, mag says
The schools that made the list "combine quality and affordability while admitting at least 20% of applicants," according to Money magazine.
These are NJ’s 10 most endangered historic places in 2022
For the first time, a comprehensive project is underway to catalog and update information not only about the 10 sites selected for this year, but the more than 200 featured over nearly three decades of work.
NJ teen, young adult earbud use during COVID causing hearing loss risk
About 1 out of every 8 children from age 6 through 19 have suffered some sort of hearing loss because of excessive exposure.
Labor victories at Starbucks in NJ may be sign of more to come
Because this report is issued every two to three years rather than annually, the newest edition was able to evaluate the two 12-month periods immediately preceding and following the COVID-19 shutdown of March 2020.
NJ woman neglected elderly person, causing heatstroke, AG says
The victim was left in the sun long enough for her internal body temperature to reach 106 degrees, and subsequently require intubation.
NJ nurse support group touts wellness, stress management programs
The goal is to advance well-being and increase resilience, and such treatment cannot wait, either individually or within healthcare organizations where systemic problems may need to be fixed.