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

Lorrie Ellen Pinkham, customer service representative, two dependents, Bangor: assets, $133,955; debts, $137,962.

Mary R. Shepley, no employment given, no dependents, Holden: assets, $18,775; debts, $21,572.

Janet Gerrish, landscaper, no dependents, Industry: assets, $34,367; debts, $40,193.

Mark William Batchelder, personal care attendant, and Sunshine Lucinda Crate-Batchelder, aka Sunshine L. Crate, disabled, one dependent, Milo: assets, $154,555; debts, $220,730.

William Louis Perry, meat cutter, and Elizabeth Jean Perry, deli clerk, no dependents, Brownville Junction: assets, $78,405; debts, $118,866.

Barbara E. Hogan, aka Barbara E. Gray, aka Barbara E. Reeves, aka Barbara E. Bennett, self-employed hairdresser, no dependents, Bucksport: assets, $120,950; debts, $202,772.

Michelle L. Barnes, fka Michelle L. Francis, billing technician, three dependents, Pembroke: assets, $28,340; debts, $35,418.

Thomas Arthur Dentremont, title abstractor, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $3,649; debts, $77,694.

Gilbert G. Townsend Jr., bridgeworker-laborer, no dependents, Corinth: assets, $25,190; debts, $41,868.