I am New Jersey 101.5's Morning Drive Producer/Reporter, 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 king of any room he enters), Archie.
Patrick Lavery
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 20 (Morning)
Prosecutors have gone after the alleged dealer who delivered heroin to a 15-year-old girl who later died in Evesham, and New Jersey 101.5 has spoken with the girl's heartbroken father.
The mother of a 14-year-old charged with killing her newborn and leaving the infant's body outside a home …
The mother of a 14-year-old charged with killing her newborn and leaving the infant's body outside a home …
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 19 (Morning)
Brookdale Community College is apologizing after a professor publicly berated a conservative student in an expletive-laced tirade.
U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was pa…
U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was pa…
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 18 (Morning)
The IRS has extended the deadline to file your taxes until midnight tonight.
If you think local towns try to jam you up with high fines for even the slightest infractions just to make money, the state's top judge tends to agree with you.
Passengers aboard that Southwest Airlines flight where a wo…
If you think local towns try to jam you up with high fines for even the slightest infractions just to make money, the state's top judge tends to agree with you.
Passengers aboard that Southwest Airlines flight where a wo…
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 17 (Morning)
For the third time in less than a week, a newborn baby has been found abandoned in New Jersey, and in this latest case, the infant was dead — and a Central Jersey teen is now charged with murder.
Following a string of dog deaths in New Jersey at the hands of groomers, legislation's been introduced th…
Following a string of dog deaths in New Jersey at the hands of groomers, legislation's been introduced th…
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 16 (Morning)
Some New Jerseyans remain without power as wind-whipped rain continues to lash the Garden State.
Some of the latest comments from former FBI director James Comey are almost certain to escalate his war of words with President Donald Trump...
Some of the latest comments from former FBI director James Comey are almost certain to escalate his war of words with President Donald Trump...
‘Pretty evil stuff’ — Firefighter says racist posts weren’t his
Keith Castaldo is fighting to keep his job with the Bayonne Fire Department amid an investigation into racist posts that showed up on a Facebook page the firefighter confirmed is his, although he claims the posts were the work of hackers.
What should parents and other kids know about autism?
You're a parent of a child who's described as neurotypical, but a classmate of your child is on the autism spectrum. Before you plan a playdate or a large gathering like a birthday party for your kid, what do you need to know about autism?
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 13 (Morning)
Another bizarre police encounter ... and we have video. It's a case that is again calling into question police procedures, and the use of pepper spray.
We know more about the baby found dead in Jersey City this week.
Legislation that would let Gov...
We know more about the baby found dead in Jersey City this week.
Legislation that would let Gov...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 12 (Morning)
A grisly discovery in Jersey City along the PATH train tracks: the body of a dead infant, stuffed in a suitcase.
A story we uncovered out of Atlantic City calls into question the requirements for becoming a police officer in some New Jersey towns...
A story we uncovered out of Atlantic City calls into question the requirements for becoming a police officer in some New Jersey towns...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 11 (Morning)
New Jersey 101.5 has uncovered details of a man who allegedly duped hundreds into giving him donations for veterinary bills for a dog he ultimately beat to death.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be back before Congress Wednesday, as lawmakers seek to hold him accountable for privacy failures...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be back before Congress Wednesday, as lawmakers seek to hold him accountable for privacy failures...