— Joleen. A: Many trees in the legume family look very similar in leaf structure and bloom. The tree I wrote about is not available in the nursery trade. Q: Can you please advise what planting ...

The tree’s other nickname, monk’s pepper, comes from the legend that chewing the leaves helped medieval monastics maintain their vows of celibacy. They can grow wide but are easily managed.

There’s fresh interest in a fabled shrub on the Aegean island of Chios. A mastic tree at night the island of Chios in Greece. Islanders use the tree’s resin as a cure-all, and pharmaceutical ...

Mastic or mastiha from the Greek island of Chios is getting traction on social media as the basic ingredient for summer cocktails.

Police say a car was speeding when it crashed into a tree near Pine Road in Mastic Beach around 8:45 a.m. Friday. It then burst into flames, trapping three people inside.

Tree clearing at a 100-acre wooded lot in Mastic is expected to restart Monday morning after a state judge lifted a restraining order issued last week. The move by state Supreme Court Justice ...

Suffolk County police said Malinda Jackson, 31, of Mastic, sustained minor injuries after her vehicle went out of control and hit a tree at about 2 a.m. on Eleanor Avenue in Mastic.

'Tears' from the mastic tree of Chios. GettyImages/Tzogia Kappatou (Tzogia Kappatou/Getty Images/iStockphoto) The juices must be diluted before serving (but are not made from concentrate, the company ...