Best Local Politician
Louise Slaughter. @louiseslaughter; louise.house.gov
Runners up: Joe Robach | Ryan Shepard | Elaine Spaull
Best Group or Person Improving the Community
WALL\THERAPY. @walltherapyny; wall-therapy.com
Runners up: Shawn Dunwoody | Metro Justice | Louise Slaughter
Best Local Activist Group
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley. 875 East Main Street, 244-8640, gayalliance.org
Runners up: Building Leadership And Community Knowledge (B.L.A.C.K.) | Metro Justice | Take Back the Land
Best Local Historic Site
George Eastman Museum. 900 East Avenue, 271-3361, eastman.org
Runners up: High Falls | Mount Hope Cemetery | Susan B. Anthony House
Best Local Eyesore
Medley Centre. 285 Medley Centre Parkway, Irondequoit.
Runners up: Downtown Rochester | Inner Loop | Midtown
Best Local Library Branch
Central. 115 South Avenue, 428-7300, libraryweb.org
Runners up: Brighton | Monroe | Pittsford
Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner
Wegmans. Many area locations. wegmans.com
Runners up: Genesee Brew House | High Falls | Strong Museum of Play
Best Neighborhood
Park Ave.
Runners up: Neighborhood of the Arts | North Winton Village | South Wedge
Best Local Park
Highland.
Runners up: Cobbs Hill | Ellison | Mendon Ponds
Best Local Golf Course
Oak Hill Country Club. 145 Kilbourn Road, 586-1660, oakhillcc.com
Runners up: Deerfield Golf & Country Club | Eagle Vale Golf Course | Greystone | Lake Shore Country Club
Best Local Men's Sports Team
Red Wings. redwingsbaseball.com
Runners up: Amerks | Knighthawks | Rhinos
Best Local Women's Sports Team
Roc Stars (Roc City Roller Derby). rocderby.com
Runners up: RIT Women's Hockey | Western New York Flash
Best Local Recreational Sports League
Kickball League of Rochester. rockickball.net
Runners up: GRADA Ultimate Frisbee | Hot Shots Volleyball | NACKA Kickball
Best Local Mascot
Spikes and Mittsy (Red Wings). @spikesandmittsy; redwingsbaseball.com
Runners up: The Moose (Amerks) | Rex the Rhino | Ritchie the Tiger (RIT)
Best Local Radio Personality
Brother Wease. @brotherwease; radio951.com
Runners up: Terry Clifford | Evan Dawson | Jeremy Newman
Best Local Radio Station
90.5 WBER. wber.monroe.edu
Runners up: 92.5 WBEE | 97.9 WPXY | 1370 WXXI
Best Local TV Personality
Scott Hetsko. @scotthetsko; rochesterfirst.com
Runners up: Don Alhart | Rachel Barnhart | Doug Emblidge
Best Local TV News Station
13 WHAM. 13wham.com
Runners up: 8 WROC | 10 WHEC | WXXI
Best Local TV Weatherperson
Scott Hetsko. @scotthetsko; rochesterfirst.com
Runners up: Rich Caniglia | Glenn Johnson | Kevin Williams
Best Local Website<
Roc Wiki (rocwiki.org).
Runners up: Rochester Subway (rochestersubway.com) | Sir Rocha Says (sirrochasays.com) | The Rochesteriat (therochesteriat.com)
Best Local Facebook Account
Lollypop Farm. facebook.com/lollypopfarm
Runners up: Rachel Barnhart | Rochester Subway | Sir Rocha Says
Best Local Twitter Feed
@rachbarnhart.
Runners up: @akachela | @MedleyCentre | @sirrochasays
Best Local Instagram Account
@explorerochester.
Runners up: @rochesterny | @sirrochasays | @stevecarter
Best Local Podcast
1370 Connections with Evan Dawson. wxxinews.org
Runners up: Exxilista | The Lost Cosmonauts | One More Thing | UndertheSkin.tv
Best Local Commercial Jingle
Lori's Natural Foods. 900 Jefferson Road, Henrietta, 424-2323, lorisnatural.com
Runners up: Bob Johnson Chevrolet | Mark's Pizzeria | Record Archive
Best Local News Story of 2015
Truck spills cabbages on I-490.
Runners up: Photonics center coming to Rochester | Filling in the Inner Loop | WALL\THERAPY
Best Local News Story Ignored in 2015
Lovely Warren being booed.
Runners up: Ryan Shepard for President 2016 | Jack Moore's comments about African-Americans | Crime and shootings in Rochester
