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
Middletown, NJ police investigate heist of cockapoo from pet shop
A male suspect was seen running with the dog to a small, black SUV, possibly a Nissan Rogue, with New Jersey license plates partially reading "X58."
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.
NJ poison control: DIY, diluted formula not safe alternatives
The state Poison Control Center listed almond, cow, and goat milk, rice drinks, protein shakes, and honey as examples of unsafe substitutes.
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 bill makes drunken drivers pay support to kids if parents killed
It stipulates that financial support be provided until a child reaches the age of 18 or graduates from high school, and in cases of mental or physical disability, until the child is 21 years old.
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.
Rabid raccoon tussles with South Brunswick, NJ resident’s dogs
One rabid raccoon was previously reported in Middlesex County within the first three months of the year, according to state Department of Health statistics, which also indicate just two rabid raccoons identified in the county for all of 2021.