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
Essex-Hudson Greenway finally gets go-ahead from NJ officials
The objective is to create a "multi-use, linear" park across Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, Kearny, Secaucus, and Jersey City.
Christmas tree farms in NJ: Where they are, what they’re selling
Some farms are "choose-and-cut," and some have their selections ready to go when customers pull up.
Three charged with toting untraceable ‘ghost guns’ from PA to NJ
A Camden man and two men from Philadelphia face numerous charges in an indictment, which alleges that the New Jersey resident was the ringleader.
Two victims pistol-whipped in Middle Township, NJ home invasion
A suspect is in custody after police said he entered a home on Route 47 Wednesday night, fired a shot from a handgun, then struck two people in the residence with the gun before fleeing.
Touring company brings Dickens to Historic Smithville, NJ
Even though "Dickens Fest" is not necessarily a moneymaker for the theatre company, it keeps tourism coming into the village, and was notable enough to have an encore as one of Historic Smithville's main attractions this fall.
First overpass U.S. flags under new NJ policy go up in Middletown
The Middletown Veterans Affairs Committee put up two U.S. flags, the maximum number allowed at the moment, over the Garden State Parkway at Red Hill Road.
Machete-toting NJ man gets prison for conspiring in neo-Nazi plot
Richard Tobin invoked the Nazi-led "Kristallnacht," or "Night of Broken Glass," in 1938 in helping to plot the attacks with the white supremacist group The Base in 2019.
‘Particularly horrific': NJ mom to stay jailed after kids killed
One of the few things Yuhwei Chou revealed during Tuesday's detention hearing was that she is a Taiwanese citizen, not a U.S. citizen.
NJ Lottery raffle returns for the first time in 13 years — top prize $2M
Winning a smaller dollar amount in an "early bird" drawing in December wouldn't take a player out of the running for the $2 million jackpot, to be drawn on New Year's Day.
No homework! Wayne, NJ schools schedule three ‘wellness weekends’
The concept has been tried out in a handful of other New Jersey districts, and represents "a break away from school responsibilities."