If there is one philosophy uniting the long string of communities along the Outer Banks, it is that their beaches should be open and free. And accessible.  But the town of Duck is one of the few communities along the entire coast of North Carolina that provide no public access to the ocean shoreline. The adjacent town of Southern Shores also lacks public beach accesses, effectively cutting off a total of about 12 miles of ocean coastline on the northern Outer Banks to all but private property owners, renters and their guests.   Read the article…………………….