MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — More than two hours before the sun rose, Mary Schiely opened the doors of Sloan’s Market over the weekend, like she has almost every morning for the past 15 years.

The week of Thanksgiving has finally brought some measure of normalcy to the tiny neighborhood store in Middletown, Ohio, after a month of disruptions, uncertainty and panic wrought by the pause of government food benefits.

Earlier this month, many of the roughly 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were left to scrounge for groceries after funding lapsed during the historic 43-day government shutdown.

While benefits have been restored, SNAP recipients still feel the aftermath. And with new SNAP rules, some of which take effect in December, they are bracing for what

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