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
Murphy vetoes bill to help restaurants, which are facing a brutal January
The head of the New Jersey Restaurant & Hospitality Association believes sales numbers in the Garden State may actually be much worse than recently reported.
NJ Top News 12/30: NJ’s minimum wage goes up Friday
It may be great for working folks, but a real obstacle for the people who hire them.
NJ Top News 12/29: How Worried are NJ Health Officials About the UK COVID Strain?
Plus, residents and staff at long-term care facilities across the Garden State are now being vaccinated, and other groups will soon follow.
Camden shelter finds new ways to help in 10th year of operation
The last year has presented situations that have proven particularly challenging : How can people be safely sheltered while keeping COVID-19 spread down? What gets lost in translation if people can't meet face-to-face to express their needs?
Washington crossing reenactment goes virtual on Christmas morning
The recreated image of Washington crossing the Delaware during the Revolution has become an iconic piece of Americana, and is reenacted every Christmas Day by a group of approximately 250 actors working with Washington Crossing Historic Park.
Jersey City marks a year since market massacre as Hanukkah begins
As easy as it may be right now to feel divided by the events of 2020, the still-fresh memories of last December's shooting are cause for the community to come together.
Plan for police training: Atlantic City Cops explaining themselves to civilians
The initiative's twin goals are to allow the public a chance to explain their side of the story when stopped by police, and give law enforcement an equal chance to explain to those individuals why they are being stopped.
Don’t Gather on Thanksgiving, NJ Says — But if You Do, Here’s How
That includes not yelling at your TV about the Dallas Cowboys, or really raising your voice at all.
Diversity in NJ police hiring hindered by state rules, chiefs say
When many of the Civil Service Commission's safeguards were put in place, they were well-intentioned, at a time when police unions were not as strong as they are now.
Stockton U. drops anchor on new Revolutionary shipwreck exhibit
Students who volunteered for the project wanted to feel like they were a part of history, and Stockton gave them the chance to do that.