Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close June 1
Barry Lincoln, the longtime owner of Mr. Lincoln's Costume Shoppe, poses for a portrait with a friend inside his Midtown store May 29, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Mr. Lincoln’s Costume Shoppe will close its doors on Saturday, June 1, after 33 years of dressing Memphians for Halloween, Mardi Gras, costume parties, school plays, historical tours and other occasions.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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