Dawn Stensland

IT'S A LITTLE surprising to hear former Fox 29 anchor Dawn Stensland describe herself as feeling "empowered" these days. In the last 18 months, she lost her TV anchor job, suffered a miscarriage and watched as a sexually charged public scandal humiliated her TV anchor husband Larry Mendte and led to his firing, conviction and house arrest.  

IT'S A LITTLE surprising to hear former Fox 29 anchor Dawn Stensland describe herself as feeling "empowered" these days. In the last 18 months, she lost her TV anchor job, suffered a miscarriage and watched as a sexually charged public scandal humiliated her TV anchor husband Larry Mendte.  

RE AJAY Jones' Nov. 18 letter in response to Regina Medina's front-page story about Dawn Stensland Mendte: Jones ended her letter with the line "I guess it's a good thing Dawn Stensland Mendte doesn't have a daughter. What kind of role model could she possibly be?"  

What's up with television people going into politics?From The Delaware County Daily Times:Former Fox 29 News anchor Dawn Stensland could soon be on the other side of the cameras as a Republican candidate in the 7th Congressional District.Rumors that Stensland is considering getting into the race had gained momentum on the Internet Wednesday, but she made no comment either confirming or denying her potential bid in a telephone interview.The 17...  

Former Fox29 news anchor Dawn Stensland is thinking about running as a Republican for the Seventh District U.S. House seat in suburban Philadelphia, a move that would upset party leaders' efforts to clear the primary field for Pat Meehan.  

Larry Mendte is apparently pushing a show Coming Clean to TV news execs, wherein news stories beneath headlines would be analyzed, with a removal of bias and spin. His treatment on YouTube got pulled because CBS objected to the inclusion of (copyrighted) footage of Mendte's anchor work on Philly's KYW-3. The story of Mendte's interaction with KYW co-anchor Alycia Lane inspired a plotline on Law & Order ["Law & Order" plotline follows Larry...  

The former anchor says despite scandal and heartbreak she's more in love with Larry Mendte than ever.