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

Marta Ray Conlin, no employment given, one dependent, Bar Harbor: assets, $3,400; debts, $28,082.

Catherine C. Lee, fka Catherine C. Klein, seafood manager, no dependents, Stockton Springs: assets, $15,449; debts, $34,638.

Frances Ferguson Tomah, retired, no dependents, Princeton: assets, $3,500; debts, $18,398.

Faith Paulette Lakeman, waitress, no dependents, Medway: assets, $60,562; debts, $43,914.

Michael T. Hayward, papermaker, three dependents, Princeton: assets, $20,450; debts, $25,470.

Bruce Wayne Merchant, lobsterman-commercial fisherman, two dependents, Sullivan: assets, $212,160; debts, $222,730.

Frank A. Bailey, aka Frank E. Robbins, teacher, and Kimberly A. Bailey, aka Kimberly A. Archer, student, two dependents, Bucksport: assets, $81,745; debts, $142,853.

John A. Fahnley, dba Logistics Plus, self-employed, no dependents, Phillips: assets, $114,600; debts, $76,149.

Kristy L. Hamilton, cashier, one dependent, Lincoln: assets, $52,655; debts, $61,138.

Anthony C. Philbrook, unemployed, and Stephanie J. Philbrook, fka Stephanie J. Smith, assistant manager, two dependents, Oakland: assets, $7,515; debts, $49,218.

Donald Jeffery Rowell, unemployed, and Anne Christine Rowell, benefit specialist, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $31,190; debts, $41,146.

Catherine Anne Norris, disabled, no dependents, East Millinocket: assets, $975; debts, $15,329.

Elizabeth A. Frizzell, aka Elizabeth A. Graves, aka Elizabeth A. Durgan, aka Elizabeth Durgen Frizzell, elder care, three dependents, Boothbay Harbor: assets, $8,854; debts, $128,654.

Steven E. Conley, carpenter-builder, and Katherine R. Conley, stay-at-home mother, five dependents, Skowhegan: assets, $12,950; debts, $172,148.

Ryan Francis Bell, security, and Katelyn Musa Bell, aka Katelyn Musa Cottrell, assistant librarian, one dependent, Bangor: assets, $2,060; debts, $11,665.

Terrance D. Smyth, aka Terry D. Smyth, no employment given, two dependents, Medway: assets, $96,538; debts, $83,249.

Andrew D. Freese, dba Veazie Variety, store operator, and Rosemary A. Freese, dormitory manager, no dependents, Veazie: assets, $168,575; debts, $367,444.

Jason Lee Walton, truck driver, three dependents, East Millinocket: assets, $3,075; debts, $30,514.

Elisabeth Alice Schaffer, aka Lisa Schaffer, aka Elisabeth A. Richards, aka Lisa A. Richards, driver, no dependents, Waldoboro: assets, $111,379; debts, $167,515.

Denny M. Collyer, letter carrier, one dependent, Augusta: assets, $178,360; debts, $232,267.

Thomas A. Powers, dba Powers Towing Service, unemployed, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $450; debts, $47,027.

Norma Mary Voisine, clerk-cook, two dependents, Chester: assets, $109,527; debts, $81,541.

Darrell E. Seaney, aka Darren Seaney, aka Seaway E. Darrell, aka Darrell B. Seaney, cook, no dependents, Corinna: assets, $10,340; debts, $97,757.

Timothy J. Newcomb, dba TJ Newcomb Custom Homes, dba TJ Newcomb Constuction, dba TJ Newcomb Construction, Inc., dba Newcombs Apartments, contractor, and Cindy D. Newcomb, dba TJ Newcomb Custom Homes, dba TJ Newcomb Construction, dba TJ Newcomb Construction Inc., dba Newcomb Apartments, real estate agent, one dependent, Levant: assets, $2,528,200; debts, $3,301,395.

Theodore Edwin Greaton, aka Ted E. Greaton, farm laborer, two dependents, Lee: assets, $13,825; debts, $39,029.

Angie Alphia Spaulding, dishwasher, two dependents, Lee: assets, $11,650; debts, $36,971.

Christina C. Rule, aka Lydia Ahshta Long, no employment given, two dependents, Rockland: assets, $1,665; debts, $111,324.