Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) is an evergreen shrub found throughout the Mediterranean. The sap (resin) from its trunk is used to make medicine. Mastic might help reduce stomach acid and protect the ...

The $228 million plant in Mastic is in addition to $1 billion in sewer infrastructure projects planned in Suffolk in the next three years, County Executive Edward P. Romaine said at the plant Monday.

In January 2019, Mastic and Shirley residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum to create a sewer district to serve the hamlets. Three years later, work was underway on the Forge River ...