Susan provided much of the graphic design for ad design, illustration, newspaper layout, and photography. As the paper grew larger, staff helped perform some of this work. Some of the great helpers include (in a.b.c. order): Tara DeCoster, Alan Gladfelter, Debi Harris, Melanie Hendricks, Beth Osborne, Stina Plant, Kristy Smith, Denise Smith, and Rhys Walters.

In the paper's infancy, Clayton and several volunteers wrote most of the articles and did all the editing in his spare time while working for the Puget Sound Business Journal. In August, 1997, Clayton got a job working as the Business Editor at the Journal American in Bellevue (now the King County Journal) and would no longer have as much free time. Freelancers, interns, then staff reporters were added. Some of the great staff writers included (in a.b.c order): Matt Asher, James Bush, Robin Daly, Ron Dennis, Debi Harris, Corey Holmes, Jane Lotter, Carol Marsh, Matt Maury, Matt Patneaude, Shannon Priebe, Jesse Ross, Stan Stapp, Jason Trachtenburg, and Leah Weathersby.

While the Parks operated the newspaper, the Seattle Sun had a circulation of 25,000 copies printed each issue with 5,000 direct-mailed throughout North Seattle from the ship canal north to 145th St. N. The monthly community paper featured local news, opinion, business, education, sports and health, entertainment, home and garden, and local history. Some of the hallmark news items featured include: Breaking the "Stripper-gate" story about politicians taking illegal donations from Rick's nightclub before a land-zoning variance decision; Advocating for corporate naming in exchange for corporate giving; Helping community activists and corporations come to an agreement over the Daylighting of Thornton Creek in the south parking lot of Northgate Mall; And writing countless features on interesting local people in our community.

In March, 2004, Clayton Park was given a transfer notice that he would be moved south to Kent, Washington. Commuting through downtown Seattle everyday would be too time-consuming, so they would have to move south. Susan, like many business owners, was currently working 80-hour weeks and decided it was time to pass on stewardship of the newspaper to someone with more resources who could expand the paper further, make it weekly, and invest in quality news stands.

Susan called her friend, Wallis Bolz, publisher of Town Crier, to see if she would be interested in purchasing the paper. Wallis jumped at the chance and began operating the paper under a letter of intent to purchase it beginning August 1, 2004.

In January, 2005, Wallis purchased the Seattle Sun newspaper. In May, she merged the North Seattle Sun and South Seattle Star into one citywide publication. Unfortunately, after three years of operating Town Crier, Wallis closed her doors after her last published issue of July 1, 2005.