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The After-School Special

How a caffeine-laced strawberry-açai drink became the allowance-draining status symbol of New York’s teen elite.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Slurpees, Big Gulps and roller‑grill classics could be headed to West Brighton at the long‑vacant corner of Forest Avenue and Sharon Avenue, where a 7‑Eleven convenience store ...