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
Easing into a new week with a deceptively difficult forecast
You may notice the weather blog is a bit later in coming this morning than usual. That's because of how much harder it is to say things about the weather when there's nothing going on.
NJ students with autism are cracking codes of computer literacy
Ten New Jersey students with autism are the recipients of scholarships designed to further their skills in coding and design.
The calm before … well, a lot of things
There are so many nuances to this weekend's forecast that Dan will be back here online on Friday. Such is the nature of winter in New Jersey!
Winter temperatures make their return by the weekend
You knew this wasn't going to last, right?
Back to normal-ish after abnormally warm January weekend
You might expect this level of volatility from the stock market, but not usually from your New Jersey weather in the middle of January.
NJ couple takes fight for multiple myeloma cure to South America
When Mike Mankowich was diagnosed with multiple myeloma three years ago, the news came as such a shock that he kept it from his wife, Kathleen, for nearly a week.
Nathan’s First Forecast: I bet it’s not always this warm here…
Oh, sorry — wrong Nathan.
One more cold day … then an uncharacteristic winter warmup
Chilly temperatures persist on this Thursday, although we lose the pesky snow squalls that some of us in New Jersey experienced briefly on Wednesday.
Snow squalls could interrupt, endanger travel Wednesday
On the surface, there will be sun and seasonably chilly temperatures on Wednesday. But there's a lot more of which you should be aware.
Jackson foundation’s annual dinner dance starts fundraising year
It has been a year and a half since we've checked in with the James Volpe Foundation, which is approaching a decade of staging several annual events designed to award scholarships to township high school students.