The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed in October 2005 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor:

Jay S. Mercier, demolition contractor, and Terri L. Griffeth-Mercier, aka Terri L. Griffeth, unemployed, two dependents, Madison: assets, $8,701; debts, $41,702.

Michael G. Michaud, carpenter, no dependents, Canaan: assets, $41,570; debts, $52,775.

Mary Drinkall, sterilization technician, no dependents, Caribou: assets, $26,185; debts, $50,587.

Michael L. Pelletier, aka Mike Pelletier, motor carrier inspector, one dependent, Presque Isle: assets, $240,645; debts, $124,257.

John E. Hayward, aka John Ersley Hayward, plant director, no dependents, Marshfield: assets, $18,500; debts, $277,461.

Anthony Wayne Nason, route manager, one dependent, Presque Isle: assets, $5,370; debts, $23,970.

Earline S. Ouellette, telemarketer/gatekeeper, no dependents, St. Francis: assets, $25,750; debts, $97,224.

Peter D. Jendreau, disabled, and Marlene A. Jendreau, medical assistant, no dependents, Fort Kent: assets, $51,000; debts, $24,080.

Louise Mary Terpstra, claims examiner, no dependents, Windsor: assets, $144,909; debts, $143,966.

Jessica M. Dumond, laborer-temp, no dependents, Sinclair: assets, $3,500; debts, $28,291.

Alex J. Atkinson Sr., self-employed, and Barbara A. Atkinson, psychiatric social work, four dependents, Dover-Foxcroft: assets, $10,111; debts, $41,079.

Phyllis E. Doyle, retired, no dependents, Gardiner: assets, $2,200; debts, $15,617.

Walter Leonard Norrie, retired, one dependent, Hartland: assets, $52,727; debts, $34,167.

David J. York, grader, no dependents, Presque Isle: assets, $4,027; debts, $15,660.

Leon James Giroux, school bus driver, no dependents, Augusta: assets, $8,914; debts, $31,735.

Sheila Sharp, no employment given, no dependents, Mapleton: assets, $110,370; debts, $88,775.

Dalton D. Coston, technician, and Susan M. Coston, secretary, three dependents, Hampden: assets, $260,771; debts, $147,617.

Paula V. Parkinson, aka Paula Greenleaf, aka Paula Rhodes, no employment given, no dependents, Pittsfield: assets, $35,557; debts, $48,988.

Dale McKinley, disabled-unemployed, no dependents, Lowell: assets, $69,500; debts, $115,884.

Mary Lorraine Robbins, fka Mary Lorraine Sweet, substitute teacher, and Howard Michael Robbins, lobsterman, three dependents, Lubec: assets, $32,020; debts, $64,063.