A new curfew ordinance requires businesses in certain Philadelphia neighborhoods to close between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The new curfew goes into effect 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 for businesses in Germantown, Fairhill, Hunting Park, Frankford and Mount Airy as well as Kensington.
Mitesh Patel, owner of The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on Kensington Avenue, believes the law would potentially disrupt essential services his business provides beyond its public hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m…