CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Sean Stratton of Sea Bright rides a wave as he competes in the fourth annual Sea Bright Skimboard Competition Sept. 9. Jo-Anne Chernish prepares to dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy during a rehearsal of the "Nutcracker" at Two River Theater in Red Bank. Sunset over the shore town of Sea Bright. Children cool off under the spray of a fire hose on a hot summer day during Tinton Falls Day Aug. 25. A winter storm glazed trees with ice and left plenty of parking spaces open at the White Street lot in Red Bank. Red Bank Catholic HS's Kristina Danella pleads her case to the referee after being called for a foul against Mary Dunn of Morris Catholic HS during a game in Toms River Dec. 19.