Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to discuss what the Watertown City Council should do next in light of the decision to part ways with City Manager Mary M. Corriveau.

He has arranged to bring in former Ogdensburg City Manager John C. Krol to see if council members would like to hire him as a consultant to help them with the search process for a new city manager.

If council members would like him to get involved, Mr. Krol could help them come up with a plan for an interim city manager, determine the extent of the search and how to advertise for the position.

Mr. Krol, who retired from the Ogdensburg position in 2005 and worked there for 17 years, was a finalist for the Watertown city manager’s job in 2003 but took himself out of the running before Mrs. Corriveau was appointed.

Council members will meet at 7 p.m. in the third-floor council chambers at City Hall.

State Police in Lowville have arrested 23 year-old, Michael C. Tehonica from 9653 Toytown Road in the Town of Castorland, Lewis County for Assault 3rd, a class "A" misdemeanor.

The arrest stems from an investigation into an incident that occurred on January 25 on Roberts Rd in Lewis County. Lewis County 911 reported a male had been assaulted by two men in the front yard of the victim’s residence. The 21-year-old male victim sustained a broken nose, a fractured eye socket and received several stitches above his eye. He was transported to Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville where he was treated and released.

Tehonica was issued an appearance ticket to appear in the Town of Denmark Court on February 15. The investigation is still on going.

The Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization (FDRLO) today released the Fort Drum Region Transit Needs Assessment and Analysis Report, which includes a number of recommendations for improving transportation needs for Fort Drum families.

The nine-month study examined the varied forms and patterns of the region’s current public transportation services, assessed areas of additional need, and mindful of state and regional budget constraints has identified potential and appropriate cost-effective ways to improve public transportation services in the Tri-County region. The project focused on existing systems in the tri-county area with special emphasis on communities within a 30-mile radius of Fort Drum’s North Gate on US 11.

“Getting from place to place without a personal vehicle can be challenging for local residents as well as for military personnel and their families, particularly with the rising cost of food, gasoline and other necessities,” commented FDRLO board chair Elizabeth C. Fipps. “Our intention in undertaking the study was to determine the need for and potential options for expanded mobility within the wider Fort Drum community.”

The report provides recommendations on near term and long term public transit and transportation alternative options that could efficiently meet the needs of Fort Drum and surrounding area communities.

Some of the recommendations to be considered as part of a coordinated regional effort include:

• Expand Citibus beyond City limits

• Develop vanpools / Use Mass Transit Benefit for soldiers

• Maximize use of private long-haul carriers

• Operate on-post shuttle route to transfer point at or beyond Main Gate

• Transfer can be timed with private bus system currently operating on Route 11 corridor

• Develop vanpools from Lewis County to Fort Drum and Watertown

• Extend Lewis County’s LOOP Purple Route three days per week

• Open JRC routes to members of the public

• Work with hotels and existing transportation providers to create a shuttle for airport access

As noted in the report’s Executive Summary:

This study has resulted in numerous recommendations, many of which can be quickly implemented and have a high return on investment… Whether through a Regional Transit Committee or a mobility manager, the longer-term recommendations requiring greater funding and collaboration can be tackled as monies and partnerships are formed and solidified. (page ES-4)

The next step in the process is to formalize the Transit Task Force’s longer term goals and areas of concentration selected from the report recommendations.

A Lowville man is facing a charge of felony aggravated driving while intoxicated under Leandra’s law following a personal injury accident Wednesday evening in the town of Martinsburg.

Duane A. Rush, 39, of 5434 Park Place, is also cited with endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation in connection with the 6:40 p.m. accident on East Martinsburg Road. Police said his vehicle overturned in a ditch, but landed upright. He had a passenger who was under age 16, prompting the felony charge, police said.

No information was available about who was injured. Mr. Rush had a breath test reading of 0.17 percent blood alcohol content, police said. Under state law, a BAC of 0.08 or more percent constitutes intoxication.

Also charged with DWI and related offenses:

■ Barbara A. Och, 54, of 112 Barker Road, Lot 15, Antwerp, was arrested by Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies at 2:30 a.m. Friday on Route 11 in the town of LeRay, and also is cited with making an unsafe lane change and consuming an alcoholic beverage in a vehicle. She tested at 0.15 percent BAC, according to the sheriff’s office.

■ Brian D. Recore, 38, of 17801 County Route 156, also was charged by state police with speeding at 59 mph in a 45-mph zone and driving without a license at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday on Route 11 in the town of LeRay, Police listed his BAC as 0.16 percent.

OGDENSBURG — The U.S. Foreign Trade Zone Board announced Friday it approved the expansion of Ogdensburg’s Foreign Trade Zone to all of St. Lawrence County, state Sens. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, and Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, said in a joint news release.

“This will give our region an advantage when competing with other communities in Canada and across the US for manufacturing and other jobs, and can mean more work for St. Lawrence County and Northern New York families,” Mrs. Ritchie said. “By expanding the existing foreign trade zone to include all of St. Lawrence County, we can encourage more manufacturers and other businesses to come to Northern New York.”

The measure will allow firms from around the world to ship merchandise into any business in St. Lawrence County and exempt it from taxes and duty until it is made into finished products or shipped out of the zone.

Mrs. Ritchie and Mr. Griffo cosponsored Senate legislation calling for the expansion. It was pased by the state Legislature last year and signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.The bill was sponsored in the Assembly by Assembly Member Addie Russell.

n MASSENA — The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. said Friday that because of the possibility of unstable ice cover, ice fishermen and snowmobile and ATV operators are to refrain from using the canal between the Eisenhower and Snell locks.

A Nedrow man was sentenced to prison for one year and day for conspiracy possess and intent to distribute marijuana in U.S. District Court.

Landon Sky, 39, previously pleaded guilty of having 10 and 20 kilograms of marijuana in August and December 2008. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Sky played a role as a mid-level distributor in a marijuana conspiracy in which a total of well over 100 kilograms of marijuana was brought from the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation, near the Canadian border, to the Onondaga Indian Reservation in Nedrow, New York.

In his role as a co-conspirator, Mr. Sky received multi-pound amounts of marijuana, delivered to him by co-conspirators from the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation to other co-conspirators on the Onondaga Reservation, which marijuana Mr. Sky then re-sold, in smaller quantities, to other co-conspirators and to various Syracuse area customers, according to the news release.

After Mr. Sky finishes serving his sentence of incarceration, he will thereafter be placed on supervised release for a period of 3 years. He was also ordered to pay a special assessment of

$100.

The case was investigated by the Syracuse Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl G. Eurenius.

Clinton Washington, 49, said to be homeless, was arrested Thursday by Watertown police on a charge of first-degree criminal sex act.

He was placed in the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building following arraignment before Watertown City Judge Eugene R. Renzi, who set bail at $10,000.

Mr. Washington, formerly of 623 Burchard St., is accused of having sexual contact with a girl on several times between June 1 and January 15, according to a police document. The girl was 11 when the conduct began, police said.

A friend of the family alerted police to the alleged activity, a detective said.

DEXTER — A junior at General Brown High School was arrested Wednesday by state police after he was found possessing six grams of marijuana at school.

Garrett T. Durdon, 16, of 28450 Perch Lake Road, is also accused of giving some marijuana to another youth at school, according to documents filed in town of Brownville Court.

Mr. Durdon was arrested on charges of second-degree criminal sale of marijuana, a felony, and fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. Upon the recommendation of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office, he was released without bail by Brownville Town Justice Richard M. Parker.

Police said troopers were sent to the school Wednesday afternoon after a faculty member investigated an odor of marijuana in a boys’ restroom. The Durdon youth was found possessing the substance as he left the room, police said.

No other arrest was disclosed, although another youth under age 18 is alleged to have received marijuana from Mr. Durdon.

Wildlife biologists with Loomacres Wildlife Management will be back again on Monday and Tuesday to try rid the estimated 30,000 crows that have been roosting in the city this winter.

The Loomacres team, from Warnerville,will be working from dusk to dawn on crow hazing activities on those days, again using special remote-controlled aircraft, playing distress calls, firing low-yield pyrotechnics and using hand-held lasers.

The methods may cause loud noises and may be observed by city residents.

Citizens are encouraged to continue to provide the location, estimated size, and dates and times of sightings of the crow flock. Loomacres Wildlife Management will continue to use this information as it works to move the crow flock out of the city during the coming months.

The toll-free phone number to report crow activities within the city is 1 (800) 243-1462.

To report crow activities online, go to www.airportwildlife.com/crows.php.

Affecting customers across the north country, Time Warner Cable’s digital phone service went out at about 3 p.m. today and was restored in about an hour, said Stephanie S. Salanger, communications manager for Central New York.

Ms. Salanger described the outage as “intermittent in different places,” but said that the brunt of customers in the north country temporarily lost service from the outage, which impacted Central and Western New York.

The root cause of the outage hasn’t been identified yet, she said.

Minutes after a car was reported stolen on Gill Street early Wednesday, an allegedly intoxicated woman was found driving the auto on Coffeen Street, according to Watertown police.

Lindsay M. Pskowski, 27, of 689 LeRay St., Apt. 2, was arrested at 6:20 a.m. in the 1000 block of Coffeen Street, and faces charges of felony aggravated driving while intoxicated, felony aggravated unlicensed operation, felony possession of stolen property and circumventing an interlock device. She was released without bail following arraignment before Watertown City Judge Eugene R. Renzi.

Police said she had a breath test reading of 0.18 percent. A BAC level of 0.08 percent or more is considered proof of intoxication under state law. Aggravated DWI is charged when the BAC is 0.18 percent or more.

According to the City Court file, David J. Griggy, 1429 Gill St., Apt. 4448-A, reported his 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse stolen at 5:40 a.m., and after the car description was broadcast minutes later to police patrols, a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy saw the auto on Coffeen Street.

Mr. Griggy told police he had started the car, then walked his dog, and was returning in time to see his car being driven away.

Ms. Pskowski’s DWI and unlicensed charges are felonies because she was convicted of DWI in town of LeRay Court in December.

Also charged with DWI and related offenses:

■ Daniel L. Hilts, 29, of 8808 Mill St., Three Mile Bay, was arrested early Monday by Watertown police on his fourth aggravated DWI charge in two years.

He was charged with felony aggravated DWI, felony aggravated unlicensed operation, avoiding use of a vehicle interlock device, avoiding a traffic control device and resisting arrest. Police said he attempted to run from officers after being stopped shortly after 3 a.m. in the 300 block of Mill Street. He later refused to take a breath test, police said.

Mr. Hilts is charged with felonies because he was convicted of DWI in August in connection with a felony aggravated DWI arrest on May 13 in the town of Mexico. He also had aggravated DWI arrests in January and February 2010 in the town of Lyme.

■ Destiney K. Parker, 21, of 22418 Echo Drive, Watertown, was charged early Monday by Watertown police with aggravated DWI in the 100 block of Main Avenue.

She also was charged with obstructing governmental administration, failure to comply with police orders and failure to make a required turn. Police said that after she was halted, she attempted to drive away. Her breath test result was listed as 0.25 percent BAC.

■ Kimberly L. Weller, 34, of 19037 Route 12F, Dexter, was charged by Watertown police following an accident at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday in which her vehicle struck guardrails off the Black River Parkway. She also was cited with making an unsafe lane change and driving at a speed not reasonable or prudent. Police listed her breath test reading as 0.15 percent BAC.

■ Zachary A. DeJoseph, 27, Averill Park, was charged by Lowville village police with aggravated DWI at 10 p.m. Tuesday on East State Street. He also was cited with having an open alcoholic beverage container in his vehicle. Police said he tested at 0.23 percent BAC.

Charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs:

■ Kristian A. Baxter, 19, Fort Drum, also was charged by state police at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday on South Main Street in Philadelphia with unlawful possession of marijuana. His passenger, Trevor A. Byers, 18, Fort Drum, also was cited with unlawful possession of marijuana.

Troopers said they were checking a parked car for suspicious activity, and an odor of marijuana was detected. The two were released to await arraignment in Philadelphia Town Court.