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

Scott R. Searles, dba S.A. Searles Transportation, dispatcher, and Tori L. Searles, senior suspended biller, four dependents, Winterport: assets, $187,863; debts, $178,368.

Howard P. Stoddard, III, full time student, three dependents, Houlton: assets, $5,810; debts, $33,333.

Glenney C. Mahan, service manager, and Misty D. Mahan, secretary, one dependent, Mars Hill: assets, $103,790; debts, $142,727.

Everett E. Gray, Jr., machinist, and Tracey L. Gray, fka Tracey Andrick, manager, one dependent, Milo: assets, $30,524; debts, $44,893.

Melvin Francis, Jr., housing coordinator, three dependents, Perry: assets, $23,000; debts, $32,608.

Raoul A. Doyon, meter reader, and Mary A. Doyon, unemployed, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $147,586; debts, $140,814.

Nancy L. Kearns, no employment given, no dependents, Cherryfield: assets, $4,600; debts, $44,124.

Gayle P. Pinette, employment specialist, no dependents, Hamlin: assets, $37,996; debts, $58,453.

Maurice F. Dube, mill worker, and Diane M. Dube, disabled, no dependents, Frenchville: assets, $154,250; debts, $144,227.

Edward Timothy Densmore, unemployed, no dependents, Wiscasset: assets, $11,605; debts, $33,824.

Thomas Burgess, public safety, one dependent, Orono: assets, $22,550; debts, $54,995.

John Edward Butler, disabled, and Vickie Jolene Butler, secretary, two dependents, Fairfield: assets, $87,495; debts, $127,911.

Gerald P. Freeman Jr., dba Cobbossee Cash Market Inc., salesman, and Mary M. Freeman, dba Cobbossee Cash Market Inc., teacher, two dependents, Wayne: assets, $976,648; debts, $748,359.

John E. Pomeroy, auto repair/towing services, no dependents, Corinth: assets, $183,967; debts, $265,695.

Christine Edwards, self-employed, and Barry J. Edwards, correctional worker, one dependent, Skowhegan: assets, $92,260; debts, $101,031.

Mary L. Williams, aka Mary L. McDonald, nurse, no dependents, Fort Fairfield: assets, $68,010; debts, $70,018.

David Dow, phone worker, no dependents, Farmingdale: assets, $2,415; debts, $43,080.

Travis L. Corson, aka Travis L. Corson Sr., sales, three dependents, Sidney: assets, $260,915; debts, $259,854.