Wilkins hires new staff

MILFORD - Thomas R. Wilkins, president of Wilkins & Associates Real Estate, Inc., announces that three people have been hired at the firm’s Milford office. Working under the direction of Sales Manager Christine Scrofano at Wilkins’ Milford office are Augusta T. Earle, Jerome “Jerry” Lama Jr. and Gary D. Zinn Jr. Originally from West Village in New York City, Earle has lived in the Poconos for 16 years and is a 2002 graduate of the Pocono Real Estate Academy. She previously worked as an administrative assistant for Strarrett Housing Corporation/HRH Construction Corp., builders of Trump Tower and the Empire State Building. She also worked for Meridian Bank Corp and before joining Wilkins & Associates, was with ERA Meloi Realty in Matamoras. Zinn moved from Middletown, N.Y. to the Poconos two years ago and lives at Pocono Mountain Woodland Lake Estates. He is a 2005 graduate of the Pocono Real Estate Academy and formerly worked at Patty Griffiths and Megan Vennie Real Estate Inc. Lama, of Hemlock Farms, has an AA degree in arts/music from Bucks County Community College, where he was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society. Lama is a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant.