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
Polar Bear Plunge back in Seaside Heights this weekend
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside is already fast approaching its fundraising goal of $2 million for 2019.
Rutgers, NJ towns use student art displays to combat hate
The Mason Gross School of the Arts has united with New Brunswick and Highland Park to use art displays to try and answer the question: How do we see through hate?
Student cleared — Sis used her name in NJ prostitution arrest
When Jaclyn Humienny received a notice from Paterson Municipal Court saying she owed $533 for failing to appear in court on a prostitution charge, the 20-year-old college student knew there must have been some mistake.
North Jersey teenager collects toothbrushes to donate worldwide
February is National Children's Dental Health Month, and one Sussex County high school student is doing her part to raise awareness by expanding on a project she first did several years ago.
Murphy kills housing bill — Sweeney rips ‘cold act on the coldest day’
The governor followed in Chris Christie's footsteps by rejecting legislation that would have provided as much as a year and a half of emergency assistance to various groups of low-income residents.
T-Mobile workers viewed woman’s intimate video, she says in lawsuit
The woman equates the ordeal with "digital rape," according to her lawyer, and seeks damages and an assurance from T-Mobile that the company will better monitor employees in the future.
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.
It’s so cold in New Jersey, our meteorologist couldn’t get here
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.