Melissa O’Brine is Ferndale Downtown Association’s new executive director

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Downtown Association has hired Melissa O’Brine as its new executive director. For the past three years, O’Brine has served on the association’s board of directors. Also, O’Brine has been general manager at Barb’s Pies and Pastries. O’Brine grew up in Ferndale, where she watched her mother build her bakery from the…