The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during November 2006:

Jeremy Kenneth Douglass, technician, two dependents, Waterville: assets, $9,300; debts, $39,558.

Armand A. Choate, sales, and Patricia A. Choate, manager, two dependents, Augusta: assets, $340,394; debts, $320,619.

The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during December 2006:

Phillip A. Sprague Sr., disabled, and Tracey M. Sprague, homemaker, one dependent, Medway: assets, $39,140; debts, $116,790.

Charles William Johnston, aka Carles W. Johnston, aka Charles Johnston, aka Johnston Ventures LLC, desk clerk-taxi driver, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $40,845; debts, $76,593.

Edward P. Richard, Realtor, three dependents, East Plantation: assets, $418,590; debts, $372,898.

Julie Heeter, cashier, no dependents, Morrill: assets, $78,170; debts, $101,737.

Matthew McKay Joyce, self-employed lobsterman, three dependents, Swans Island: assets, $207,531, debts, $238,089.

James Allen Beard, washperson, and Amber Darice Beard, reader, no dependents, Westfield: assets, $72,398; debts, $121,331.

Melissa J. Merritt, fdba The Gentle Touch Scheduling Services, unemployed, four dependents, Waldoboro: assets, $13,575; debts, $58,002.

David S. Kelso, unemployed guide, no dependents, Fort Kent: assets, $18,270; debts, $40,941.

Michael C. Prescott, employed at Garelick Farms, no dependents, Hermon: assets, $151,345; debts, $216,945.

Nancy L. Herrick, fka Nancy L. Bakken, unemployed, three dependents, Rockland: assets, $11,035; debts, $85,168.

Carl D. Weston, self-employed, one dependent, Houlton: assets, $53,471; debts, $157,001.

Keith Edgar Strout, janitor-bus driver, and Harriet Nellie Strout, disabled, no dependents, Fort Fairfield: assets, $39,183; debts, $56,058.