Basile writes new story with new library opening

By News Staff on Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • Local and parish library board members and employees, pastors, community leaders, library patrons, and Miss Basile royalty along with contractors who built the new Basile library branch building are gathered around Faye Langley, local representative on the Evangeline Library Board of Control, as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the library’s grand opening.
    Local and parish library board members and employees, pastors, community leaders, library patrons, and Miss Basile royalty along with contractors who built the new Basile library branch building are gathered around Faye Langley, local representative on the Evangeline Library Board of Control, as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the library’s grand opening.
    By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor A new chapter officially began for the people of Basile on Thursday morning, June 5, as the Evangeline Parish Library system hosted the grand opening ceremony for its brand-new Basile branch building, located at 3222 Stagg Avenue. A large crowd of community members, dignitaries, and families gathered to celebrate the occasion and honor the long history of library ...

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