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05-14-2006, 10:18 AM
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Thinking about moving to Windsor NY
Thinking about moving from Long Island to upstate Windsor NY would like info on schools ..I work for BOCES and would be able to get a transfer ..mostly would like info on activities for children and how far away is Windsor from Binghamton..THANKS!!
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07-07-2006, 03:40 PM
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There is a New Windsor in Orange Co. Dont know about Windsor. sorry!
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07-18-2006, 08:14 PM
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Windsor is right off 17 just outside of Binghamton. Very close actually within about 15 minutes. The school seems nice- my brothers son played a football game there that we went to. Kinda out in the middle of nowhere but close to shopping all the same. And Binghamton has a Wegmans grocery store - you'll think you've gone to grocery heaven!
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08-13-2006, 10:45 PM
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we are also looking in windsor.how about flooding,and exactley how close to shopping?
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06-11-2007, 09:03 PM
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also looking at windsor
happy to see others looking into windsor because it seemed like a pretty quiet place last weekend when we went to check it out, although I was impressed with the turn out of families at the park for softball games and pool stuff.
anybody lived/visited there have any thing to say?
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06-12-2007, 07:59 AM
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I'm down the road a bit...in Owego..but have been there a lot. Schooling is decent, a lot of rural properties north and south of rt17, and the area seems to have a fair number of "pilgrims" from LI, NYC, and N.J.
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06-12-2007, 10:56 AM
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Windsor, NY
I believe that you'll be in for major culture shock if coming from Long Island. Windsor, as others have pointed out, is quite small, isolated, with fair schools, and very limited resources for shopping, healthcare, and afterschool activities for kids.
Most healthcare needs, diagnostic procedures, etc., will be found in Binghamton, as will your larger grocery stores. Department stores, Lowes, Sears, movie theaters, etc., will be in Binghamton. There is a larger BOCES in Binghamton, and some of the smaller communities nearby have satellite BOCES programs. Travel to/from Binghamton is via Route 17 which has just been upgraded in preparation for it's being named a true interstate. You can check-out Rand-McNally maps to see distances to/from Binghamton and other nearby communities.
I think that there are better choices for communities, schools, employment than Windsor...Norwich, Oneonta, Cooperstown, Ithaca, Cortland, Dryden...
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06-12-2007, 04:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartwick
I believe that you'll be in for major culture shock if coming from Long Island. Windsor, as others have pointed out, is quite small, isolated, with fair schools, and very limited resources for shopping, healthcare, and afterschool activities for kids.
Most healthcare needs, diagnostic procedures, etc., will be found in Binghamton, as will your larger grocery stores. Department stores, Lowes, Sears, movie theaters, etc., will be in Binghamton. There is a larger BOCES in Binghamton, and some of the smaller communities nearby have satellite BOCES programs. Travel to/from Binghamton is via Route 17 which has just been upgraded in preparation for it's being named a true interstate. You can check-out Rand-McNally maps to see distances to/from Binghamton and other nearby communities.
I think that there are better choices for communities, schools, employment than Windsor...Norwich, Oneonta, Cooperstown, Ithaca, Cortland, Dryden...
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I wouldn't advise anyone move to Dryden. That is one strange place. I get chills just driving through it on my way to Elmira. (Ever since I was a kid) Dryden, NY makes the local news for the weirdest happenings....including murder, parents killing their kids, suicides, car accidents, child abuse, sexual pretenders just to name a few at the top my head. You name it, it happened in Dryden. Recently Dryden made the news for a babysitter drowning a 2 or 3 year old child in the bathtub. For such a small place, it has a highly unusually negative history.
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06-12-2007, 05:01 PM
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Windsor is in the sticks. It's a pretty place though I guess.
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06-16-2007, 02:52 PM
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schools in windsor
thanks everyone who has chimed in about windsor...there seems to be a consensus about schools being "fair" can you tell me what you think is lacking?
i so appreciate this info- it's impossible to get elsewhere.
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