2023 photos of the year: Suzette Wenger
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
LNP | LancasterOnline photographer Suzette Wenger picks her favorite photos from 2022.

Bill Schaub of Cockeysville, MD, loads his Toyota Prius with books he purchased during the Friends of the Lancaster Public Library annual book sale at the former Bon Ton building at Park City on Monday, May 22, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer

During a tour by staff members of LancasterHistory, LNP was able to photograph the interior of the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith home and office in Lancaster city on Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023. This is an area that connects the old Stevens house and office with the Lancaster County Convention Center. Never forget to look up while on a tour, had I not done so, this area would be hidden for many years before construction might possible uncover this wall sometime in the future.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer

Thousands of snow geese cover a pond on the 1,000 block of Lampeter Rd., in Lancaster on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The owner of the property said this is one of the few times the snow geese have stop by and used the pond for any length of time since 1975 when they moved to this property. The geese have been around for two weeks when this image was taken.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer

Thousands of snow geese cover a pond on the 1,000 block of Lampeter Rd., in Lancaster on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The owner of the property said this is one of the few times the snow geese have stop by and used the pond for any length of time since 1975 when they moved to this area. The geese have been around for two weeks when this image was taken.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer

A young Amishman works a circular saw on the top of a west facing wall of a new barn along the 800 block of Strasburg Pike in Strasburg on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The old barn burnded on Thanksgiving Day and crews are working to replace the barn.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer

Pam Brooks and her daughter, Stephanie Mastriania show off some of the 500 plus cards Stephanie received in the mail over the past week or so on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. After a story ran in LNP about how Stephanie thought it would be a cool idea for people to send cards to cheer her up after spending much of September in the hospital. The Lancaster County community did not disappoint as the young lady received over 500 cards, gift cards, hand written notes, drawings, a police badge from West Lampeter Township and a "Certificate of Recognition” from Sen. Scott Martin who stopped by in person to present Stephanie with her award.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
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Rain drops rest on an amber sunroof of a Tesla in a parking lot in Marietta on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
A kitchen whisk hovers above a strand of Christmas lights on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
An Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar rests on a stalk of parsley in Lancaster on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Bill Schaub of Cockeysville, MD, loads his Toyota Prius with books he purchased during the Friends of the Lancaster Public Library annual book sale at the former Bon Ton building at Park City on Monday, May 22, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Long shadows cross the path to the Willow Valley Chapel in Lancaster on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
MFE's Devan Towt was determined to keep his boat afloat in the Pequea Creek, but his ship sank multiple times during the 3rd annual Music for Everyone fundraiser at Sickman’s Mill on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
During a tour by staff members of LancasterHistory, LNP was able to photograph the interior of the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith home and office in Lancaster city on Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023. This is an area that connects the old Stevens house and office with the Lancaster County Convention Center. Never forget to look up while on a tour, had I not done so, this area would be hidden for many years before construction might possible uncover this wall sometime in the future.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Thousands of snow geese cover a pond on the 1,000 block of Lampeter Rd., in Lancaster on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The owner of the property said this is one of the few times the snow geese have stop by and used the pond for any length of time since 1975 when they moved to this property. The geese have been around for two weeks when this image was taken.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Thousands of snow geese cover a pond on the 1,000 block of Lampeter Rd., in Lancaster on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The owner of the property said this is one of the few times the snow geese have stop by and used the pond for any length of time since 1975 when they moved to this area. The geese have been around for two weeks when this image was taken.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Two Percheron horses pull a carriage in Jim Thorpe on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
The Lancaster Public Library houses this LED lighting at the entrance off of Ewell Plaza in Lancaster city on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
A young Amishman works a circular saw on the top of a west facing wall of a new barn along the 800 block of Strasburg Pike in Strasburg on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The old barn burnded on Thanksgiving Day and crews are working to replace the barn.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Two horses spent time among a field of buttercups along the 100 block of Herr Road in Ronks on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Stephanie Mastriania and her brother, Kyle Mastriania, play a Mario game on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Pam Brooks and her daughter, Stephanie Mastriania show off some of the 500 plus cards Stephanie received in the mail over the past week or so on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. After a story ran in LNP about how Stephanie thought it would be a cool idea for people to send cards to cheer her up after spending much of September in the hospital. The Lancaster County community did not disappoint as the young lady received over 500 cards, gift cards, hand written notes, drawings, a police badge from West Lampeter Township and a "Certificate of Recognition” from Sen. Scott Martin who stopped by in person to present Stephanie with her award.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
The Lancaster Chinese Dance Group performs the Red Lantern Dance as people celebrate the Lunar New Year in Ewell Plaza in Lancaster city on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Acres of sunflowers grow along the 3800 block of Oregon Road in Leola on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
Spiderwort plants line the walkways that will be included on the Marietta Garden Tour later this month at the home of Lauralee Baker on Friday, June 9, 2023.
- SUZETTE WENGER | Staff Photographer
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