Dawn Timmeney
Dawn Timmeney joined the FOX 29 News team in January of 2013 as a general assignment reporter. She also anchors the weekend evening editions of the FOX 29 News.
Prior to joining FOX 29, Dawn spent twelve years as an anchor at NBC-10 in Philadelphia, where she won an Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Broadcast. An avid animal lover, Dawn also co-produced and hosted "Dawn’s Pet Project," an entertaining and informative weekly show about animals which aired on NBC NonStop on Comcast.
Before moving to Philadelphia, Dawn anchored at WBRE-TV, the NBC-affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She co-anchored the 5pm, 6pm and 11pm news, with the 5pm and 11pm winning Emmy Awards for Best Newscast. Dawn kicked off her television career as a reporter and anchor for two years at WFMZ-TV in Allentown, PA.
Dawn graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a B.S. in Mass Communication and Broadcast Journalism. She attended Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, PA, until 10th grade. Dawn graduated from George School in Newtown, PA, where she spent her last two years of high school as a boarding student.
In 1993, Dawn and her husband founded the Max and Lorraine Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to helping children who suffer from asthma. In conjunction with the American Lung Association, they established Camp AsthmaCadabra in the Pocono Mountains, for children who would otherwise be denied a summer camping experience because of their asthma.
Dawn is an Honorary Board Member of the Crohns and Colitis Foundation, as well as the "Little Smiles" organization. She is also a huge education advocate and a former member of the Board of Trustees for Community Partnership School.
Dawn and her husband, Mike, have a daughter named Oona. She also has a stepson, Eamon. She loves the outdoors and spends her winters skiing and summers sailing in the Poconos.
The latest from Dawn Timmeney
Eagles fan goes viral after rescuing injured bald eagle from Florida highway
An Eagles fan in Florida is going viral, even getting a shout-out from the team, for rescuing a bald eagle he found injured on the side of the road. And, millions of people have been following the saga.
NJ veterans celebrated with 'trip of lifetime' in Honor Flight
It’s a day dozens of veterans in New Jersey will never forget. They were honored with members of their community showing their appreciation and saying thank you for their service and sacrifice.
12-foot skeleton festively decorated for every holiday popular attraction in Delco
He has become a Delco attraction, a 12-foot skeleton with quite a loyal following and even his own Instagram page.
Scruffy, stray dog found wandering Temple University building finds new home with officer
A scruffy, stray dog found his way into one of Temple University's buildings gets the happiest of endings.
Hurricane Milton: Hear from St Petersburg, Orlando residents: 'It's really blowing up'
Residents of St. Petersburg and Orlando talk to FOX 29 and describe the conditions as Hurricane Milton makes landfall.
Video: Rowhome fire creates plume of dark smoke in South Philadelphia
Firefighters responded quickly after a fire broke out on top of a rowhome in South Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
Aunt speaks out in honor of nephew killed at Nova Music Festival during October 7 attacks
FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney spoke to a heartbroken Bryn Mawr woman who lost her nephew, Gal Navon. The 30-year-old who loved life, a gifted computer programmer, was killed while trying to escape the massacre at the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023.
31 Philly students stranded in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene make safe return home
A group of Girard College high school freshmen are back home after they were stranded in North Carolina when it was hit by devastating Hurricane Helene.
Concerns heightened among Jewish communities after missile attack on Israel
After Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel, synagogues and Jewish communities in the Philadelphia area and around the world are on heightened alert.
Battle brews between popular South Street streetery, city, after they say city is forcing their closure
One of the most popular spots on South Street isn’t saying cheers to recent news, as the family who owns the restaurant says they are being forced to shut its streetery after spending tens of thousands of dollars building it.