30 Sep 09 | SOMETIMES you're the last to know why you're having that finger of Scotch, or joint. Self-medicating - using alcohol or other drugs to deal with problems and feelings - can creep up on anyone.
30 Sep 09 | A PSYCHOLOGIST once described Bev Aisbett as the most frightened person she had ever met. It has been a long road to recovery, as she will tell people when she speaks in Altona next month.
30 Sep 09 | PEOPLE with a mental illness have help at hand.
TJs Day Program in Kingsville helps people with mental illness to live independently in the community.
30 Sep 09 | A MENTAL health first-aid course will be held at Altona North police station in November to increase police officers' skills in dealing with people with a mental disorder.
30 Sep 09 | WE highlight the work of beyondblue in the lead-up to Mental Health Awareness Week.
30 Sep 09 | GET set for a local charge at the ultimate glory in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association's south-west group this summer.
30 Sep 09 | THE Bulldogs are almost certain to draft strong-marking forward Barry Hall, whose stunning career with Sydney ended in disgrace before the finish of the season over several on-field incidents.
30 Sep 09 | AMANDA Lloyd is poised to break away from opponent Jodi Brennan during Footscray's 2-0 win over Essendon in Hockey Victoria's Metro 2 North grand final at the Altona Hockey Club.
30 Sep 09 | A MAN faced court late last week over charges relating to a series of indecent assaults on women in Hobsons Bay and the CBD.
30 Sep 09 | A TEENAGER was taken to hospital after he was stabbed during a brawl between gangs of youths at Highpoint shopping centre last Friday.
30 Sep 09 | THE Williamstown and District Cricket Association has been forced to cancel the first round of its turf competition for the 2009-10 season.
30 Sep 09 | HOBSONS Bays seniors are being invited to four events that are part of next month's Victorian Seniors Festival.
30 Sep 09 | MARIBYRNONG residents have been invited to join a clean-up day at Stony Creek Reserve next month.
30 Sep 09 | VICTORIAN Football League coach of the year Peter German is headed to Burbank Oval. In an audacious raid, Williamstown has landed the prize catch of the day out of the clutches of Casey Scorpions.
30 Sep 09 | THE BreastWest shopping list, relaunched on Monday, was a "godsend" for western suburbs resident Agatha Saliba.
30 Sep 09 | CRAFT is the new black if demand for hand-made goods in the west is anything to go by. As DINAH ARNDT
discovered, it seems the community can't buy enough of its own creative products.
30 Sep 09 | A 21-YEAR-old Werribee man has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle that police say may have been involved in a drive-by shooting at the Altona North McDonald's restaurant two months ago.
30 Sep 09 | WILLIAMSTOWN'S Titanic theatre restaurant is doomed if the adjoining Port Phillip Woollen Mill site becomes residential, says proprietor Andrew Singer.
30 Sep 09 | FOOTBALL identity David Rhys-Jones delivers a rousing speech to the Rotary Club of Footscray before the AFL grand final.
30 Sep 09 | MARIBYRNONG Council is continuing its commitment to becoming carbon neutral with the installation of a 'cogeneration plant' at Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre.
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