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
Bike tour showcases series of Sussex County farms
With beautiful weather predicted for the unofficial last weekend of summer, farms in Sussex County want you to come check out all they have to offer — the scenic way.
Peeling back the curtain on a dry Labor Day weekend … until Monday
Wednesday was pretty dreary all around New Jersey, but that should not be the case again until, well, the day that puts the "holiday" in "holiday weekend."
Slight forecast adjustments as rain interrupts a nice week
We've revised the outlook for New Jersey back to what we told you on Monday.
The kind of forecast that makes you wish it wasn’t Tuesday
There's a bit of rain to contend with here and there, but the promise of the last summer holiday weekend is enough to make you want to leave work right now.
New Jersey stays cool to start the week
The Garden State gets a couple more days with temperatures in the 70s before starting to feel more summerlike again.
NJ student’s comic book turns Tourette syndrome into a superpower
"Twitcha" is hopefully the first in a series of books meant to empower children who have TS.
‘Walk With Joe’ at Monmouth Battlefield again honors 9/11 victims
Its motto is "we will never forget," and for the 18th year following the 9/11 attacks, an annual walk commemorates three members of the Manalapan community who died on that day in 2001.
NJ’s only drive-in movie theater a main South Jersey attraction
Just a few years ago, the number of drive-in movie theaters in the United States numbered in the 400s. Now, there are just over 300. And only one of them is in New Jersey.
Tyler Clementi Foundation renews call to end bullying on #Day1
As another school year begins, the foundation wants to stomp out bullying before it has a chance to begin.
One more rain chance, then a dry and gorgeous weekend
New Jersey marked its midweek with the fifth confirmed tornado of the year in the state, but conditions will rapidly improve by Thursday night, clearing the way for a clear and wonderful weekend.