PHOTOS: Farewell to the news from 2021 December 31, 2021 FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail We’ve selected some photos from news stories published this year. Some stories featured in the Richmond River Independent and others online at IndyNR.com We couldn’t include them all. Here are some highlights. Photos by Susanna Freymark unless attributed otherwise. Saving Sunnyside Park, Casino The Whitney family at the Bonalbo Show Let’s join the Alpaca band at Big Sky Alpacas Beef Week Queen Brooklyn Handford. Brenda Armfield talking about Beef Week to a cow. New water play area plans for Coraki Pool. Rotary turns 100. Back in pre-covid February, rentals were hard to find. Here’s the Hayman family. Comedians at Kyogle Writers Festival. Spot Odette Nettleton. Surfer tribute at Evans Head River rising at Casino Shane Hickey at his dairy farm. Audience at Kyogle’s first writers festival. Damian McRae in his sunflower field. Green Pigeon residents were stranded when the bridge went down. Coraki Caravan Park gets a new amenities block The day an echidna got drunk in Kyogle. Bentley residents protest about the quarry. Collecting data in Cherry Tree State Forest. A winning bull for Little Valley Brafords John and Freida start the Casino Lions Farmers Market Marnie Macdonald buys the Commercial Hotel in Casino Who would have ever thought we’d be wearing masks? McKees Hill residents oppose the building of a battery. A bench for Tom Hale. Native Title claim in Evans Head Magpie swoops in Casino. Evans Head Marine Rescue. Celebrating funding for the Rappville bus. Debris from floods at Woodburn. Tooloom Falls, Githabul land. Bonalbo gets a baker and new cafe The final print paper. Tabulam gets a Lighthorse memorial. Sunflowers on the Casino Coraki Rd. Giant pumpkin Festival in Kyogle. Remembrance Day in Casino Veterans at the Drill Hall. The show must go on but was stopped by covid. Bye Bye Birdie . Tourist Centre is renamed after Malcolm Wallis. Planting bush tucker trees by the Richmond River. A new mural at Woodenbong Swimming Pool. Photo: Contributed Urbenville students get new guitars from singer Keith Urban. Photo: Contributed