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
Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s alright
Following one more dreary day Friday, New Jersey will lighten up a bit for its first weekend of Spring 2019.
Not just corned beef — St. Patrick’s Day in NJ is learning experience
There is much about the holiday that's been misconstrued over the years, and much rich history to share with the 1 million-plus Irish descendants within New Jersey's borders.
A mixed bag of weather these next couple of days in NJ
We will go from chilly sunshine to the return of flurries to a brief warmup, then right back to wet weather, all within about a 72-hour period this week in the Garden State.
FL college student cleared after sister uses her name in NJ prostitution arrest
When Jaclyn Humienny received a notice from Paterson Municipal Court saying she owed $533 for failing to appear in court on a prostitution charge, the 20-year-old college student knew there must have been some mistake.
Murphy kills housing bill — Sweeney rips ‘cold act on the coldest day’
The governor followed in Chris Christie's footsteps by rejecting legislation that would have provided as much as a year and a half of emergency assistance to various groups of low-income residents.
T-Mobile workers viewed woman’s intimate video, she says in lawsuit
The woman equates the ordeal with "digital rape," according to her lawyer, and seeks damages and an assurance from T-Mobile that the company will better monitor employees in the future.
NJ kids can ‘Shout Down Drugs’ in annual songwriting competition
A music contest with an anti-drug message, made by and for teenagers, is entering its 15th year in New Jersey.
Frigid overnight, dry for the weekend — a few flurries today?
The flurries are not expected to be a nuisance, however.
Breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
New Jersey's deep freeze directly impacted our staff as we returned from a stormy weekend.
Jersey Shore group increases resources for opioid-dependent moms
Opioid addiction has hit just about every demographic in New Jersey in some way, but now there is a concentrated and proactive effort underway to focus in on deterring expectant and postpartum mothers from returning to these destructive drugs.